尋開心

Chinese

		to search; to look for; to seek	happy; delighted; to open up the mind happy; delighted; to open up the mind; to enlighten the mind
trad. (尋開心)		尋	開心
simp. (寻开心)		寻	开心

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): xúnkāixīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄎㄞ ㄒㄧㄣ

  (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): cínkàisìn

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cam⁴ hoi¹ sam¹
• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶zhin-khe₁-shin₁ / ²zin-khe₁-sin₁

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xúnkāixīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄎㄞ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syúnkaisin
    • Wade–Giles: hsün²-kʻai¹-hsin¹
    • Yale: syún-kāi-syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyunkaishin
    • Palladius: сюнькайсинь (sjunʹkajsinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyn³⁵ kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
  • (Nanjing)
    • Nanjing Pinyin: cínkàisìn [Phonetic: cínkāisìn]
    • Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): cin² kai¹ sin¹ [Phonetic: cin² kai⁴ sin¹]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰĩ²⁴ kʰɛ³¹⁻³³ sĩ³¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cam⁴ hoi¹ sam¹
    • Yale: chàhm hōi sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsam⁴ hoi¹ sam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cem⁴ hoi¹ sem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐm²¹ hɔːi̯⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶zhin-khe₁-shin₁
    • MiniDict: zhin^去 khe^平 shin^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³xxin-khe₁-xin₁
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ʑin²² kʰe⁵⁵ ɕin²¹/
  • (Northern: Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ²zin-khe₁-sin₁
    • MiniDict: zin^平 khe^平 sin^平
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /zin²² kʰe³³ sin/

Verb

尋⫽開心 (verb-object)

1. (colloquial) to do something to make oneself happy; to entertain oneself
2. (colloquial) to do something for a laugh; to laugh at (e.g. someone else's mistake)
3. (Northern Wu, Nanjing Mandarin) to joke; to kid; to make a joke; to joke around
4. (Northern Wu) to make fun of; to deride; to make a fool of

   尋伊開心／寻伊开心 [Shanghainese]  ―  ⁶zhin-yi ¹khe-shin [Wugniu]  ―  to make fun of him

Synonyms

• (to joke around:)

Dialectal synonyms of 開玩笑 (“to kid; to joke around”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		開玩笑
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	開玩笑, 打哈哈
	Taiwan	開玩笑
	Singapore	開玩笑
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	開哏
	Jinan	開玩笑, 打哈哈
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	開玩笑
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	涮罈子
	Wuhan	科心, 科德行, 鬥散放
	Liuzhou	講笑
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	尋開心
	Yangzhou	開心
	Hefei	開心, 開玩笑
Cantonese	Guangzhou	講笑
	Hong Kong	講笑
	Dongguan	講笑
	Yangjiang	攪笑
	Singapore (Guangfu)	講笑
Gan	Nanchang	開玩笑
Hakka	Meixian	講笑
Huizhou	Jixi	講笑, 開玩笑
Jin	Taiyuan	耍笑, 開玩笑
Northern Min	Jian'ou	𡛴, 𡛴嬉
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	講笑, 蠻笑, 做暢
Southern Min	Xiamen	滾笑, 講笑, 嘩, 摽, 摽笑
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	咧
	Quanzhou	滾笑, 講笑, 嘩, 摽, 摽笑
	Zhangzhou	滾笑, 講笑, 𠢕滾, 戲謔, 嘩, 摽, 摽笑
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	講摽笑
	Taipei (Wanhua)	滾笑
	Kaohsiung	耍笑
	Yilan	講笑詼
	Changhua (Lukang)	講笑
	Taichung	講笑
	Taichung (Wuqi)	講耍笑
	Tainan	滾笑, 滾耍笑, 講耍笑
	Taitung	講耍笑
	Hsinchu	講笑
	Penghu (Magong)	滾笑
	Penang (Hokkien)	𠢕滾, 講笑
	Singapore (Hokkien)	滾笑, 講笑, 講耍笑, 耍笑
	Manila (Hokkien)	摽, 摽笑, 滾笑, 講笑
	Chaozhou	呾耍笑
	Shantou	呾耍
	Shantou (Chenghai)	呾耍
	Puning	呾耍笑, 呾相耍, 呾耍
	Singapore (Teochew)	呾耍笑, 呾耍, 呾笑
	Haikou	講笑
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	講笑
Wu	Shanghai	尋開心, 開玩笑, 打棚, 摟白相, 話白相, 講白相
	Shanghai (Chongming)	尋開心
	Suzhou	尋開心, 打棚, 摟白相, 捉弄, 弄白相, 講白相, 講張
	Hangzhou	尋開心
	Ningbo	尋開心
	Wenzhou	講笑, 講取笑
Xiang	Changsha	鬥霸, 鬥放子, 講笑
	Shuangfeng	鬥散放, 打豪

• (to make fun of:)

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• 作弄 (zuònòng)
• 僝僽 (chánzhòu) (literary)
• 刺 (literary, or in compounds)
• 刺溪 (chié-*kă̤) (Eastern Min)
• 創弄 / 创弄 (Hokkien)
• 創景 / 创景 (Hokkien)
• 創治 / 创治 (chhòng-tī) (Hokkien)
• 剾損 / 𠛅损 (Hokkien)
• 剾洗 / 𠛅洗 (khau-sé) (Hokkien)
• 剾洗 / 𠛅洗 (Hokkien)
• 剾褻 / 𠛅亵 (Hokkien)
• 𠢕滾 / 𠢕滚 (Hokkien)
• 取樂 / 取乐 (qǔlè)
• 取笑 (qǔxiào)
• 呾笑話 / 呾笑话 (dan³ cio³ uê⁷) (Teochew)
• 呾耍笑 (Teochew)
• 嗤笑 (chīxiào)
• 嘲弄 (cháonòng)
• 嘲笑 (cháoxiào)
• 嘲訕 / 嘲讪 (cháoshàn)
• 嘲諷 / 嘲讽 (cháofěng)
• 嘲謔 / 嘲谑 (cháoxuè)
• 奚落 (xīluò)
• 巴銳 / 巴锐 (Hokkien)
• 恥笑 / 耻笑 (chǐxiào)
• 戲弄 / 戏弄 (xìnòng)
• 戲謔 / 戏谑 (xìxuè)
• 挖苦 (wākǔ)
• 捉弄 (zhuōnòng)
• 損 / 损 (sǔn) (colloquial)
• 撩 (Hakka)
• 撚化 (nan² faa³) (Cantonese)
• 撮弄 (cuōnòng) (literary)
• 擺弄 / 摆弄
• 消遣 (xiāoqiǎn)
• 湊趣 / 凑趣 (còuqù)
• 𤊶人 (Hakka)
• 玩 (colloquial)
• 玩弄
• 笑 (xiào)
• 笑話 / 笑话 (xiàohuà)
• 耍 (shuǎ)
• 耍弄 (shuǎnòng)
• 耍忽 (sua² huah⁴) (Jin)
• 落八 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 見笑 / 见笑 (jiànxiào)
• 訕笑 / 讪笑 (shànxiào)
• 詼謔 / 诙谑 (huīxuè)
• 說風涼話 / 说风凉话 (shuō fēngliánghuà)
• 調笑 / 调笑 (tiáoxiào)
• 諦 / 谛 (dai³) (Cantonese)
• 諷刺 / 讽刺 (fěngcì)
• 謔潲 / 谑潲 (Hokkien)
• 謔燒 / 谑烧 (Hokkien)
• 講笑 / 讲笑 (Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien)
• 講耍笑 / 讲耍笑 (Hokkien)
• 譏刺 / 讥刺 (jīcì)
• 譏嘲 / 讥嘲 (jīcháo)
• 譏笑 / 讥笑 (jīxiào)
• 譏誚 / 讥诮 (jīqiào) (literary)
• 譏諷 / 讥讽 (jīfěng)
• 變弄 / 变弄 (Hokkien)
• 𧮙 (Wu)
• 起鬨 / 起哄 (qǐhòng)
• 輕體 / 轻体 (Hokkien)
• 逗 (dòu)
• 逗弄
• 鄙笑 (Hokkien)
• 酸笑 (Hokkien)
• 鈍 / 钝 (Wu)
• 開心 / 开心 (kāixīn)
• 開涮 / 开涮 (kāishuàn) (colloquial)
• 開玩笑 / 开玩笑 (kāi wánxiào)
• 鬧玩笑 / 闹玩笑 (nào wánxiào)