打诨

打諢
dǎhùn
  1. to intersperse comic remarks (in a performance)
  2. (fig.) to quip
  3. to banter

CEDICT

  1. 戏剧表演中以笑话、谐语相戏谑，使剧情生动逗趣。后亦指开玩笑。
  2. 冒名行骗、恶意胡闹。元．无名氏《合同文字．第三折》：「这个，社长你不知，他是诈骗人的，故来我家裡打诨。」也作「打浑」。

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Entry Composition

1 打 dǎ
  1. a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打伞 dǎsǎn "to hold an umbrella", 打电话 dǎdiànhuà "to make a phone call", 打针 dǎzhēn "to get an injection", 打手套 dǎshǒutào "to knit gloves", 打气 dǎqì "to inflate")
  2. to hit; to strike
  3. to fight
  4. (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以后 dǎnàyǐhòu "since then")
2 诨 hùn
  1. jest
  2. nickname

Containing this entry

插科打诨 chākēdǎhùn
  1. to include impromptu comic material in opera performance (idiom); to jest
  2. buffoonery
撒科打诨 sākēdǎhùn to intersperse comic dialogue (as they do in operas)

Related entries

戏谑 xìxuè
  1. to banter
  2. to crack jokes
  3. to ridicule
逗嘴 dòuzuǐ to banter
说笑 shuōxiào
  1. to chat and laugh
  2. to crack jokes
  3. to banter
不是說笑的。

It is no joke.

It's not a joke.

Source: Tatoeba

谑 xuè
  1. joy
  2. to joke
  3. to banter
  4. to tease
  5. to mock
  6. Taiwan pr. nüè
谑而不虐 xuèérbùnüè
  1. to tease
  2. to mock sb without offending
  3. to banter