| 戏谑 | xì xuè | to banter; to crack jokes; to ridicule | |
| 谐谑 | xié xuè | banter; humorous repartee | |
| 嘲谑 | cháo xuè | to mock and ridicule | |
| 谑浪笑敖 | xuè làng xiào áo | with scornful words and jeering smiles; to perpetrate a joke (idiom) | |
| 谑近于虐 | xuè jìn yú nüè | to make cutting jokes (idiom) |
| 1 | Laughter brings the swelling down on our national psyche. | |
| 2 | That is why I laugh at myself and shatter my secret in jest. | |
| 3 | This writer´s plays are marked by a gentle humor. | |
| 4 | If you don't understand, you can go to ask our teacher. | |
| 5 | Like urbanites elsewhere, ordinary Shanghainese are also guilty of insulting rural visitors and migrant workers. |