逗哏

dòugén
  1. funny man (lead role in comic dialogue 对口相声 duìkǒuxiàngshēng)
  2. to joke
  3. to play the fool
  4. to provoke laughter

CEDICT

用滑稽有趣的话引人发笑。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 逗 dòu
  1. to tease (playfully); to entice
  2. (coll.) to joke
  3. (coll.) funny; amusing
  4. to stay; to sojourn
  5. brief pause at the end of a phrase (variant of 读 dòu)
2 哏 gén
  1. funny
  2. amusing
  3. sth comical

Related entries

打哈哈 dǎhāha
  1. to joke
  2. to laugh insincerely
  3. to make merry
  4. to talk irrelevantly
打棚 dǎpéng (dialect) to joke
打镲 dǎchǎ
  1. (dialect) to joke
  2. to make fun of (sb)
玩笑 wánxiào
  1. to joke
  2. joke
  3. jest
我不懂他的玩笑話。

I didn't get his joke.

Source: Tatoeba

谐戏 xiéxì to joke
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