喷饭

噴飯
pēnfàn
verb #94,672

Meanings

  1. 1 to burst out laughing
  2. 2 to spit out one's food laughing

Examples

HSK 2
Tā jiǎng de xiàohua ràng rén pēnfàn.
His joke was so funny it made people spit out their food laughing.
HSK 5
Kàndào nà zhāng zhàopiàn wǒ chàdiǎn pēnfàn.
I almost spit out my rice when I saw that photo.

Tips

memory
(pēn) = 'to spurt / spew,' (fàn) = 'rice/food.' Picture someone literally spraying their lunch across the table laughing - that's the image. Often paired with 令人 or 让人: 令人喷饭 = 'enough to make you spit out your food.'
register
Colloquial and a touch dramatic. Online you'll see 笑喷 with the same vibe. The classical phrase 喷饭满案 ('spew rice all over the table') traces back to Su Shi's writings.

Stroke Order

pēn
fàn