{"id":621,"date":"2020-09-25T04:25:12","date_gmt":"2020-09-24T20:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maayot.com\/blog\/?p=621"},"modified":"2023-08-15T12:48:17","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T04:48:17","slug":"the-stories-behind-the-funny-chinese-jokes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maayot.com\/blog\/the-stories-behind-the-funny-chinese-jokes\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Wit: A Compilation of Popular Jokes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

You may have come across some Chinese jokes that you do not fully understand. Do you know most of them are related to Chinese traditional customs<\/strong> or Chinese slang<\/a> words<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are 8 funny Chinese jokes<\/strong> to give you a brief picture of Chinese society. By the way, you can learn lots of famous Chinese slang words through these jokes, which is an excellent way to get you interested in learning Chinese<\/strong>. So let\u2019s get started! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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(The translation below should be considered within the particular context<\/strong>. In another context, they could be different.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. \u5148\u6551\u8c01 (xi\u0101n ji\u00f9 she\u00ed, Who do you save first)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u4e00\u4e2a\u5973\u751f\u95ee\u4ed6\u7684\u7537\u670b\u53cb\uff1a\u201c\u5982\u679c\u6211\u548c\u4f60\u5988\u540c\u65f6\u6389\u5165\u6c34\u91cc\uff0c\u4f60\u5148\u6551\u8c01\uff1f\u201d\u7537\u751f\u56de\u7b54\u9053\uff1a\u201c\u6211\u5988\u65e9\u5c31\u6599\u5230\u4f60\u4eec\u4f1a\u95ee\u8fd9\u6837\u7684\u95ee\u9898\uff01\u4e3a\u4e86\u6211\u4eec\u54e5\u4ee8\u7684\u5e78\u798f\uff0c\u5979\u4e94\u5341\u5c81\u4e86\uff0c\u786c\u662f\u5b66\u4f1a\u4e86\u6e38\u6cf3\uff01\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

y\u012b g\u00e8 n\u01da sh\u0113ng w\u00e8n t\u0101 de n\u00e1n p\u00e9ng y\u01d2u: \u201cr\u00fa gu\u01d2 w\u01d2 h\u00e9 n\u01d0 m\u0101 t\u00f3ng sh\u00ed di\u00e0o r\u00f9 shu\u01d0 l\u01d0, n\u01d0 xi\u0101n ji\u00f9 she\u00ed ? \u201d n\u00e1n sh\u0113ng hu\u00ed d\u00e1 d\u00e0o : \u201cw\u01d2 m\u0101 z\u01ceo ji\u00f9 li\u00e0o d\u00e0o n\u01d0 men hu\u00ec w\u00e8n zh\u00e8 y\u00e0ng de w\u00e8n t\u00ed! w\u00e8i le w\u01d2 men g\u0113 s\u0101 de x\u00ecng f\u00fa, t\u0101 w\u01d4 sh\u00ed su\u00ec le, y\u00ecng sh\u00ec xu\u00e9 hu\u00ec le y\u00f3u y\u01d2ng !\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Translation:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A girl asked his boyfriend, “If your mom and I fall into the water at the same time, who do you save first?” The boy replied, “My mum has already known you would ask such questions! For the happiness of our three brothers, she is fifty years old but still learned to swim!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u5973\u751f: girl<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u95ee: ask<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u7537\u670b\u53cb: boyfriend<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u540c\u65f6: at the same time<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u6389\u5165\u6c34\u91cc: fall into the water<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u5148: first<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u6551\u8c01: who will you save\/help<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u56de\u7b54:  reply<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u65e9\u5c31\u2026: earlier \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u6599\u5230\u2026: predict<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u95ee\u9898: question<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u4e3a\u4e86\u2026: for\u2026 (a goal)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u5e78\u798f: happiness<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u4e94\u5341\u5c81: 50 years old<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u786c\u662f\u2026: struggle to do something<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u5b66\u4f1a\u4e86\u2026: have learned something<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u6e38\u6cf3: swim<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What\u2019s the story behind this Chinese joke?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Since the question \u201c\u5982\u679c\u6211\u548c\u4f60\u5988\u540c\u65f6\u6389\u5165\u6c34\u91cc\uff0c\u4f60\u5148\u6551\u8c01\uff1f\u201d (r\u00fa gu\u01d2 w\u01d2 h\u00e9 n\u01d0 m\u0101 t\u00f3ng sh\u00ed di\u00e0o r\u00f9 shu\u01d0 l\u01d0, n\u01d0 xi\u0101n ji\u00f9 she\u00ed ?)<\/strong><\/span> is quite popular in China, which is the question that the girl often asks her boyfriend before marriage to test him and see how he would handle with the relationship between his mother and wife. If you have a boyfriend or girlfriend, you can have a go ? (The trick is that you need to assume the two cannot swim at all).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u5982\u679c\u6211\u548c\u4f60\u5988\u540c\u65f6\u6389\u5165\u6c34\u91cc\uff0c\u4f60\u5148\u6551\u8c01\uff1f(r\u00fa gu\u01d2 w\u01d2 h\u00e9 n\u01d0 m\u0101 t\u00f3ng sh\u00ed di\u00e0o r\u00f9 shu\u01d0 l\u01d0, n\u01d0 xi\u0101n ji\u00f9 shu\u00ed ?<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

2. \u677f\u84dd\u6839 (b\u01cen l\u00e1n g\u0113n, A common Chinese medicine)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u5c0f\u65f6\u5019\u6bcf\u5f53\u6211\u611f\u5192\u7684\u65f6\u5019\uff0c\u5988\u5988\u90fd\u4f1a\u4e3a\u6211\u51b2\u4e00\u676f\u5496\u5561\u3002\u5979\u6e29\u67d4\u5730\u8bf4\uff1a\u201c\u5916\u56fd\u4eba\u90fd\u662f\u8fd9\u6837\u7684\u3002\u201d\u53ef\u6211\u603b\u662f\u5bb3\u6015\u5496\u5561\u7684\u5473\u9053\uff0c\u9178\u751c\u82e6\u6da9\u4ea4\u9519\u3002\u5982\u4eca\u6211\u8d70\u904d\u6240\u6709\u7684\u5496\u5561\u9986\uff0c\u90fd\u89c1\u4e0d\u5230\u5c0f\u65f6\u5019\u559d\u8fc7\u7684\u90a3\u4e2a\u724c\u5b50\uff0c\u53ea\u8bb0\u5f97\u5b83\u6709\u4e00\u4e2a\u5f88\u6d0b\u6c14\u7684\u540d\u5b57\uff1a\u677f\u84dd\u6839\uff01<\/p>\n\n\n\n

xi\u01ceo sh\u00ed h\u00f2u m\u011bi d\u0101ng w\u01d2g\u01cen m\u00e0o de sh\u00ed h\u00f2u, m\u0101 ma d\u014du hu\u00ec w\u00e8i w\u01d2 ch\u014dng y\u012b b\u0113i k\u0101 f\u0113i. t\u0101 w\u0113n r\u00f3u d\u00ec shu\u014d:\u201c w\u00e0i gu\u00f3 r\u00e9n d\u014du sh\u00ec zh\u00e8 y\u00e0ng de.\u201d k\u011b w\u01d2 z\u01d2ng sh\u00ec h\u00e0i p\u00e0 k\u0101 f\u0113i de w\u00e8i d\u00e0o, su\u0101n ti\u00e1n k\u01d4 s\u00e8 ji\u0101o cu\u00f2. r\u00fa j\u012bn w\u01d2 z\u01d2u bi\u00e0n su\u01d2 y\u01d2u de k\u0101 f\u0113i gu\u01cen, d\u014du ji\u00e0n b\u00fa d\u00e0o xi\u01ceo sh\u00ed h\u00f2u h\u0113 gu\u00f2 de n\u00e0 g\u00e8 p\u00e1i z\u01d0, zh\u012b j\u00ec d\u00e9 t\u0101 y\u01d2u y\u012b g\u00e8 h\u011bn y\u00e1ng q\u00ec de m\u00edng z\u00ec: b\u01cen l\u00e1n g\u0113n!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Translation:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

When I was a child, when I caught a cold, my mother would make me a cup of coffee. She said softly, “Foreigners (western people) are like this.” But I’m always afraid of the taste of coffee, sour, sweet, bitter, and astringent. Now I go to all the cafes, and I can’t see the brand I used to drink when I was a child, I only remember that it has a very fashion name, Banlangen!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u5c0f\u65f6\u5019: when someone is a child<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u6bcf\u5f53\u2026\u7684\u65f6\u5019, \u2026: every time when \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u611f\u5192: have a cold<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u4e3a\u2026\uff08\u67d0\u4eba\uff09\u2026\uff08\u505a\u4ec0\u4e48\u4e8b\uff09: \u2026 (do something) for \u2026 (somebody)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u51b2\u4e00\u676f\u5496\u5561: make a cup of coffee<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u6e29\u67d4\u5730\u2026: gently\/softly<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u5916\u56fd\u4eba: foreigner<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u90fd\u2026: all<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u53ef: but<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u603b\u662f\u2026: always<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u5bb3\u6015: afraid of \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u5473\u9053: smell<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u9178\u751c\u82e6\u6da9: sour, sweet, bitter, astringent<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u4ea4\u9519: mix up<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u5982\u4eca: nowadays<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u8d70\u904d\u2026: go all over \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u6240\u6709\u2026: all \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u5496\u5561\u9986: cafe<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u89c1\u4e0d\u5230\u2026: cannot find \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u559d\u8fc7\u7684\u90a3\u4e2a\u724c\u5b50: the brand that someone have drunk before<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u724c\u5b50: brand<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u53ea\u8bb0\u5f97: just remember<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u5f88: very<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u6d0b\u6c14: western style\/fashion<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What\u2019s the story behind this Chinese joke?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Since \u677f\u84dd\u6839 (b\u01cen l\u00e1n g\u0113n)<\/span><\/strong> is a traditional Chinese medicine to get rid of a cold. It tastes bitter and a little sweet. Its colour looks like coffee. It was not common to drink coffee in the last generation, but it has become popular in China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n