好笑 | hǎo xiào | laughable / funny / ridiculous | |
可笑 | kě xiào | funny / ridiculous | |
滑稽 | huá jī | comical / funny / amusing / old pr. [gu3 ji1] / huaji, a form of comedy performance popular in Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang | |
噱头 | xué tóu | amusing speech or act / jokes / antics / funny / amusing / Taiwan pr. [xue1 tou2] | |
逗人 | dòu rén | amusing / funny / entertaining | |
哏 | gén | funny / amusing / sth comical | |
搞笑 | gǎo xiào | to get people to laugh / funny / hilarious | |
那个 | 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] | |
包袱 | bāo fu | wrapping cloth / a bundle wrapped in cloth / load / weight / burden / funny part / punchline | |
哭笑不得 | kū xiào bù dé | lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom) / both funny and extremely embarrassing / between laughter and tears | |
趣闻 | qù wén | funny news item / interesting anecdote | |
对口相声 | 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] | |
逗哏 | 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 | |
怪样 | guài yàng | odd expression / funny looks / queer face / to grimace / to give sb funny looks / to pull faces | |
捧哏 | 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] | |
笑点 | xiào diǎn | funny bits / humorous parts / jokes / punchline | |
梗王 | gěng wáng | (coll.) person who makes people laugh / funny guy |