"Funny" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 hǎo xiào laughable / funny / ridiculous
 kě xiào funny / ridiculous
 huá jī comical / funny / amusing / old pr. [gu3 ji1] / huaji, a form of comedy performance popular in Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang
 xué tóu amusing speech or act / jokes / antics / funny / amusing / Taiwan pr. [xue1 tou2]
 dòu rén amusing / funny / entertaining
 gén funny / amusing / sth comical
 gǎo xiào to get people to laugh / funny / hilarious
 nà ge that one / that thing / that (as opposed to this) / (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis) / (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word) / (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc) / (euph.) menstruation / sex / also pr. [nei4 ge5]
 bāo fu wrapping cloth / a bundle wrapped in cloth / load / weight / burden / funny part / punchline
 kū xiào bù dé lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom) / both funny and extremely embarrassing / between laughter and tears
 qù wén funny news item / interesting anecdote
 duì kǒu xiàng shēng comic crosstalk / formalized comic dialogue between two stand-up comics: funny man 逗哏[dou4 gen2] and straight man 捧哏[peng3 gen2]
 dòu gén funny man (lead role in comic dialogue 對口相聲|对口相声[dui4 kou3 xiang4 sheng1]) / to joke / to play the fool / to provoke laughter
 guài yàng odd expression / funny looks / queer face / to grimace / to give sb funny looks / to pull faces
 pěng gén straight man (supporting role in comic dialogue 對口相聲|对口相声[dui4 kou3 xiang4 sheng1]) / to react with exasperation to the silliness of the funny man 逗哏[dou4 gen2]
 xiào diǎn funny bits / humorous parts / jokes / punchline
 gěng wáng (coll.) person who makes people laugh / funny guy
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