无厘头 wú lí tóu

absurd and nonsensical; random silly humor

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. silly talk or "mo lei tau" (Cantonese), genre of humor emerging from Hong Kong late in the 20th century

Characters

Character Meaning
无 wú HSK 4
not; no; not to have
厘 lí HSK 5
one hundredth; centi-; variant of 釐lí
头 tóu HSK 3
head; the top; end