哭笑不得 kū xiào bù dé

between laughter and tears

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 36836th word

Definitions

  1. 1. between laughter and tears
  2. 2. lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom)
  3. 3. both funny and extremely embarrassing

Characters

Character Meaning
哭 kū HSK 3
to cry; to weep
笑 xiào HSK 2
smile; laugh; old variant of 笑xiào
不 bù HSK 1
not; no; (negative prefix)
得 dé HSK 2
link verb to result or degree; to get; must