粵

無mou4厘lei4頭tau4

simp无厘头
mou4 lei4 tau4wú lí tóu

English

  1. silly talk or "mo lei tau" (Cantonese), genre of humor emerging from Hong Kong late in the 20th century
  2. (adjective) 1. pointless; 2. illogical; 3. senseless
  3. irrelevant; senseless; silly; stupid; pointless

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 唔啦更;九唔搭八;無聊;冇內容

Examples

  • 一種香港文化:利用冇邏輯嘅笑話或者誇張嘅動作,突出人物衝突或社會矛盾,造成幽默同諷刺嘅效果(代表人物:周星馳)

    "nonsense speak", a non-sequitur style of punning conversation fashionable in Hong Kong in the late 1980s and early 1990s, popularised and developed by radio disc jockeys and in the films of Stephen Chau.

Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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