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to tease (playfully); to entice

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MEANING5 meanings

MEANING

  1. verb

    to tease (playfully); to entice

    用言语或行为引起别人笑或高兴yòng yányǔ huò xíngwéi yǐnqǐ biéren xiào huò gāoxìng

    • He likes to play with and tease the puppy.

  2. adjective

    (coll.) funny; amusing

    令人发笑;好玩;有趣lìng rén fāxiào;hǎowán;yǒuqù

    • This story is very funny.

  3. verb

    (coll.) to joke

    用有趣的话或动作使人发笑yòng yǒuqùde huà huò dòngzuò shǐ rén fāxiào

    • Don't mess with me anymore!

  4. verb

    to stay; to sojourn

    停留在某个地方;引起别人笑tíngliú zài mǒugeè dìfang; yǐnqǐ biérén xiào

    • How long will you stay here?

  5. verb

    brief pause at the end of a phrase (variant of 讀|读[dou4])

    文言文中表示停顿的符号wényánwén zhōng biǎoshì tíngdùn de fúhào

    • He paused for a moment.

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A person walking in a winding, twisting way like a rolling pea makes others burst into laughter.

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