Are You Kidding Me? 开什么玩笑呢？
Are You Kidding Me in Chinese / Are You Joking in Chinese
开什么玩笑呢
If you think something is absolutely unbelievable and you don't think it's true. How do you express it in Chinese? There is one phrase for these situations - 开什么玩笑呢, meaning are you kidding in Chinese. In this short video lesson you will learn how to say are you kidding me in Chinese. There are two short dialogues and also one example sentence where you can say are you joking in Chinese. Feel free to click the slow audio for words used in the dialogues.
LESSON NOTES
Chinese Expression In this Video Lesson
开什么玩笑呢？開什麼玩笑呢？
kāi shénme wánxiào ne
Are you kidding me? / Are you joking?
Vocabulary
| CHINESE | PINYIN | P.O.S | ENGLISH | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 玩笑 | wánxiào | n. | joke; prank | |
| 开玩笑 開玩笑 | kāiwánxiào | v.p. | to make a joke; to play a prank | |
| 什么 什麼 | shénme | q pr. | what | |
| 中国 | Zhōngguó | p.n. | China | |
| 巴西 | Bāxī | p.n. | Brazil | |
| 昨天 | zuótiān | n. | yesterday | |
| 足球 | zúqiú | n. | soccer; football | |
| 赢 | yíng | v. | to win | |
Extra Words
| Chinese | PINYIN | P.O.S | ENGLISH | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 粉丝 粉絲 | fěnsī | n. | fans; followers; subscribers |
|
| 一千万 一千萬 | yìqiānwàn | nu. | 10 millions |
Dialogue
中国足球昨天赢了巴西！
The Chinese soccer team beat Brazil yesterday!
开什么玩笑呢？
Are you kidding me?
我们的YouTube粉丝有一千万个了！
Our YouTube subscribers just reached 10,000,000!
开什么玩笑呢？
Are you kidding me?
Example Sentence
你昨天开什么玩笑呢？
Were you joking yesterday.