You Collection, Upper Volume
Radical: Speech (yán)
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Pronounced hui.
Guangyun (Expanded Rhymes): To tease.
Yupian (Jade Chapters): To ridicule or play.
Leipian (Classified Chapters): To mock or play.
Zengyun (Expanded Rhymes): To make jokes; to mock.
Book of Han (Hanshu), Biography of Mei Cheng: Mei Gao joked and laughed like a professional jester.
Book of Han (Hanshu), Biography of Dongfang Shuo: His intentions were unrestrained and he frequently made witty remarks.
Records of the Three Kingdoms (Shuzhi), Biography of Ma Zhong: He joked and laughed loudly, without showing anger in his expression.
Also commonly written as a variant form (kui).
Zhang Heng, Eastern Capital Rhapsody (Dongjing Fu): You Yu, a lonely subject from the Western Rong, mocked Duke Mu regarding his palaces.
Commentary: Kui means to mock. It is the same as hui.