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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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