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搞笑
  gaau2 siu3   jyutping
  gao3 xiao4   pinyin
[adj] funny
[v] amuse; make people laugh; provoke laughter
[Var.] 攪笑

adjectiveAdditional PoS: verb

Level: 3   Google Frequency: 6,270,000

This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
搞笑

This word has been viewed 7517 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Wonton on 16th Jan 2005 15:50 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03
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Characters in this word:

 gaau2  -  carry on; set up
 siu3  -  smile, laugh, grin

3 compounds containing this word:

搞笑片 - comedy film
勁搞笑 - extremely funny or ridiculous
搞笑諾貝爾獎 - the IgNobel Prize (satire ceremony by the Journal of Irreproducible Results)

Showing all 2 examples containing 搞笑
detail 無厘頭搞笑
The movie is nonsensical but funny.
detail 超低能勁搞笑
It's extremely stupid, but I'll laugh it off.

One Cantonese Homophone / Homophone Variant for this word:


detail  gaau2 siu3   = to crack a joke; to provoke laughter


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