Chinese

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|- ! !overcooked; rotten; soft !gag; joke |- !trad. (爛gag) | 爛 | gag |- !simp. (烂gag) | 烂 | gag |}

Noun

爛gag

1. (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 coeng⁴ waa⁶ hai⁶laan⁶ 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)