笑柄

xiàobǐng

noun #11,574

Measure Word

一个笑柄 gè

Meanings

1 laughingstock
2 object of ridicule

Characters

handle; something to hold

Examples

HSK 5

这件事传出去会成为笑柄的。

Zhè jiàn shì chuán chūqù huì chéngwéi xiàobǐng de.

If this gets out, it will become a laughingstock.

HSK 6

他成了全公司的笑柄。

Tā chéng le quán gōngsī de xiàobǐng.

He became the laughingstock of the whole company.

Tips

memory

笑 (laugh) + 柄 (handle) - something others 'grab onto' to laugh about.

Stroke Order

笑 xiào

柄 bǐng