哏 (gén) — funny, amusing, comical (colloquial, often used in crosstalk and northern dialects)
Definition
Colloquial, mainly northern-Chinese word for 'funny, amusing' — close to 幽默 in sense, but more everyday and tied to performance humor (esp. 相声 crosstalk). Not formal writing.
adjective
funnyamusingcomical (colloquial, often used in crosstalk and northern dialects)
Examples
- 哏。Tā de xiào hua zhēn gén.His joke is really funny.
- 哏。Zhè ge xiàng sheng yǎn yuán biǎo yǎn dé tè bié gén.This crosstalk performer's act is especially amusing.
- 哏，。Tā shuō huà de yàng zi hěn gén, dà jiā dōu xiào le.The way he talks is very funny, everyone laughed.
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