爛gag

See also: 烂gag

Chinese

		rotten; crummy	joke; gag
trad. (爛gag)		爛	gag
simp. (烂gag)		烂	gag

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): laan⁶ gek¹

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: laan⁶ gek¹
  - Yale: laahn gēk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: laan⁶ gek⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: lan⁶ gég¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːn²² kɛːk̚⁵/

Noun

爛gag

(Cantonese) bad joke; corny joke; cheesy joke
- CY講完後全場靜默，兩秒後佢自己打圓場話係爛gag，台下觀眾再過 3 秒先識笑。 [Cantonese, trad.]
  CY讲完后全场静默，两秒后佢自己打圆场话系烂gag，台下观众再过 3 秒先识笑。 [Cantonese, simp.]
  From: 2016, 李八方, 隔牆有耳：CY爛gag　觀眾5秒先識笑, 蘋果日報 (Apple Daily)
  CY gong² jyun⁴ hau⁶ cyun⁴ coeng⁴ zing⁶ mak⁶, loeng⁵ miu⁵ hau⁶ keoi⁵ zi⁶ gei² daa² jyun⁴ coeng^4-2 waa⁶ hai⁶ laan⁶ gek¹, toi⁴ haa⁶ gun¹ zung³ zoi³ gwo³ 3 miu⁵ sin¹ sik¹ siu³. [Jyutping]
  After CY said this, the whole place was completely silent. Two seconds later, he smoothed things out for himself, saying that it's a cheesy joke, and the audience didn't start laughing until three more seconds later.

Synonyms

冷笑話／冷笑话 (lěngxiàohuà)