噱頭

简 噱头 · 繁 噱頭
Mandarin · pinyin xué tóu

Meanings

  1. amusing speech or act
  2. jokes
  3. antics
  4. funny
  5. amusing
  6. Taiwan pr. xuē tóu
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噱
xué · laugh heartily, laugh aloud
頭
tóu · head; top; chief, first; boss
头
tóu · head; top; chief, first; boss
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2–2 · xue2 tou2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

coek3 tau4

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noun

  1. (dialectal) funny or amusing speech or acts; antics
  2. (dialectal) trick; gimmick; game; trickery

adj

  1. (dialectal) funny; amusing; comical
  2. (Linshao and Yongjiang Wu) visually appealing

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