---
title: "Kexiao Meaning: 可笑 (kěxiào) Means “ridiculous”"
description: "可笑 (kěxiào) means “ridiculous; laughable”. Hear its tones, see what 可 and 笑 each mean and a real sentence that uses it."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/kexiao"
published: "2026-10-21"
updated: "2026-11-06"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
---

[What does it mean in Chinese?](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning)

# What does 可笑 mean?

猫头鹰māotóuyīngowl

可笑 kěxiào

## ridiculous; laughable

## It can also mean

- funny

## Its characters

1. 可 kě can
2. 笑 xiào to laugh

## In a sentence

这个理由太可笑了。 This excuse is ridiculous.

反而是你们东吴，兵多粮足，又有长江挡着，却要劝主人向曹操低头，这才**可笑**！

From [舌战群儒 · Zhuge Liang Against the Scholars](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/zhuge-liang-against-the-scholars-three-kingdoms-intermediate-chinese-11#library-word-391-393)

[More about 可笑](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%8F%AF%E7%AC%91)

## More words with 可 or 笑

- [必不可少 bìbùkěshǎo](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/bibukeshao)
- [不可或缺 bùkě-huòquē](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/bukehuoque)
- [不可思议 bùkě-sīyì](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/bukesiyi)
- [嘲笑 cháoxiào](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/chaoxiao)
- [好笑 hǎoxiào](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/haoxiao)
- [即可 jíkě](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/jike)
- [开玩笑 kāiwánxiào](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/kaiwanxiao)
- [可爱 kě’ài](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/keai)
- [可不是 kěbushì](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/kebushi)
- [可见 kějiàn](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/kejian)

## Keep 可笑 for Review

A free account keeps it, and Review brings it back just before you’d forget it.

## Look up another word

## See any word in its sentence

Get a card like this for every word on any page or YouTube subtitle.

[Add to Chrome](https://mandarinthewild.com/go/chrome?from=%2Fmeaning%2Fkexiao) [Read in the Library](https://mandarinthewild.com/library)

[All 214 Chinese radicals](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-radicals)

[The best Language Reactor alternatives for Chinese](https://mandarinthewild.com/guides/language-reactor-alternatives)