WordTaiwan frequency #26,748
啼笑皆非
ㄊㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄝ ㄈㄟ
“not knowing whether to laugh or cry; caught in an awkward, absurd situation”
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啼
ㄊㄧˊ
To cry or weep loudly; for birds or animals to cry out, crow, hoot, or screech.
笑
ㄒㄧㄠˋ
To laugh or smile; to laugh at or mock someone; a polite term used when giving a gift.
皆
ㄐㄧㄝ
All; every; everybody; in all cases; together; jointly.
非
ㄈㄟ
Not; wrong; incorrect; non-; un-; to oppose; to blame; to insist on; abbr. for Africa.
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Words sharing these characters
Vocabulary built from the same characters — most common first
- 非常ㄈㄟ ㄔㄤˊvery; extremely; really; unusual; extraordinary; an unexpected disaster or misfortune.
- 微笑ㄨㄟˊ ㄒㄧㄠˋto smile; a smile; a slight or gentle smile
- 笑說ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄕㄨㄛto say with a smile; to say jokingly; to remark laughingly.
- 除非ㄔㄨˊ ㄈㄟonly if; only in the case that; unless; introduces the sole condition for something to happen
- 笑容ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄖㄨㄥˊa smile; a smiling expression on someone's face.
- 非洲ㄈㄟ ㄓㄡAfrica
- 大笑ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄠˋto laugh heartily; a loud, unrestrained laugh; a belly laugh
- 開玩笑ㄎㄞ ㄨㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄠˋto joke; to kid; to make fun of someone; to not be serious; to treat something lightly
- 非法ㄈㄟ ㄈㄚˇillegal; not lawful; against the law; unlawful; not permitted by law
- 並非ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄈㄟreally is not; by no means; definitely not; used to strongly deny or contradict
- 笑話ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋa joke; something funny that makes people laugh; to mock or ridicule someone
- 絕非ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄈㄟabsolutely not; definitely not; by no means.