無厘頭 (mou4 lei4 tau4 | wu2 li2 tou2) : illogical; nonsensical; pointless

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無厘頭

mou4 lei4 tau4

wu2 li2 tou2

[1] illogical; nonsensical; pointless; absurd | [synonyms] 莫名其妙, 不合邏輯, 荒謬, 滑稽
[2] "nonsense speak" - a style of punning conversation arising from the complex interplay of cultural subtleties fashionable in HK in the late 1980's and early 1990's

Originated from 無來頭 ('from nowhere') as both 來 and 厘 are pronounced lei4 in Cantonese

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This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

無厘頭 / 无厘头

This word has been viewed 2739 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 8th Apr 2006 20:46 and last edited on 5th Jun 2010 14:42

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無 mou4 - not; negative; don't have
厘 lei4 - centi-; unit of interest rate or currency
頭 tau4 - head; first; chief

1 compounds containing this word:

無厘頭尻 - meaningless comments, irrelevant nonsensical talk

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套戲好無厘頭但夠搞笑。粵
The movie is nonsensical but funny.

One Cantonese Homophone / Homophone Variant for this word:

無釐頭 mou4 lei4 tau4 = nonsensical; illogical 粵

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