i'm joking

[wanderliz]

how do you say something to the effect of "i'm just kidding" or "i'm joking" in mandarin?

thanks

[James Garrison]

开玩笑

I'm kidding

[semantic nuance]

I'm just kidding! / I'm joking (我)開玩笑的啦！

[floatingmoon]

我在說笑。

我在開玩笑。

[jim.sheng]

By the way, what's the difference in usage of joking and kidding?

[nipponman]

^ In english? There is no appreciable difference b/w the two. "Joking" may be more formal than "kidding" but if so, barely. They can be used in the exact same situations. Now the same isn't true of their uninflected forms; here, "Joke" is preferred over "Kid".

Good: "That was just a joke"

Bad: "That was just a kid"

Good: "Why would you joke with me like that?"

Ok/Good: "Why would you kid with me like that?"

Good: "That kind of joke isn't appropriate in this situation, you know."

Bad "That kind of kid isn't appropriate in this situation, you know"

etc.

[felicia1987]

i ' m joking or i 'm just kidding in Chinese

我跟你开玩笑的！

[L-F-J]

also often added to the sentence to dismiss it as nothing serious, 只是 can be used, as in: 我只是开玩笑.

then you can also add an ending, 而已 or 罢了 as in: 我只是开玩笑而已/罢了.

[heifeng]

well if you are kidding around with them, and they say really? or something like that, then you can say something like

哈哈逗你玩儿！

from 马三立老先生有个著名的段子叫“逗你玩儿”,意思是做事不和你当真,让你乐呵乐呵就完了

[NewUser]

The talking dictionary yields "wo3 kai1 wan2 xiao4 de", maybe someone can verify this.

[muyongshi]

The talking dictionary yields "wo3 kai1 wan2 xiao4 de", maybe someone can verify this.

Try looking at the posts in front of you...namely #3

[NewUser]

Hmm, guess then I'm the only one here learning spoken Chinese and not script ;)

[imron]

No, there are a couple around, but once they've been studying long enough, they usually come to the realisation that at the very least, learning to read Chinese is useful - and you've just demonstrated perfectly well why this is the case Believe it or not, it actually makes learning Chinese easier too (despite the fact that initially it seems like a lot of hard work).

[Rhubarb]

^ In english? There is no appreciable difference b/w the two. "Joking" may be more formal than "kidding" but if so, barely. They can be used in the exact same situations. Now the same isn't true of their uninflected forms; here, "Joke" is preferred over "Kid".

Good: "That was just a joke"

Bad: "That was just a kid"

Good: "Why would you joke with me like that?"

Ok/Good: "Why would you kid with me like that?"

Good: "That kind of joke isn't appropriate in this situation, you know."

Bad "That kind of kid isn't appropriate in this situation, you know"

etc.

American English.

"nipponman" are you Japanese?

I'm joking = 在说笑吧~~

新年快乐！

[anonymoose]

Also 我只是说着玩的

[Rhubarb]

yeah and you can use 嘛 - see this thread - at the end of your sentence : 跟你开玩笑嘛！