乐子

樂子
lèzi
noun #30,693

Meanings

  1. 1 fun
  2. 2 amusement
  3. 3 a laughing matter; a source of entertainment

Examples

Zhōumò méi shì, zhǎo diǎn lèzi ba.
Nothing to do on the weekend — let's go find some fun.
Zhè xià kě yǒu lèzi kàn le.
Now this should be fun to watch.
Tā bǎ biérén de máfan dàngchéng lèzi.
He treats other people's trouble as entertainment.

Tips

register
Colloquial / Beijing-flavored. The suffix is unstressed (le-zi). Common chunks: 找乐 ("find some fun"), 寻开心找乐 ("goof off / amuse oneself"), 乐子 ("watch a fun show" — often when something messy happens to others).
mistakes
Don't confuse 乐子 (fun) with 乐曲 (lèqǔ, a piece of music — here is yuè) or (luòzǐ, a chess move). The here is firmly lè (happy / fun).

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