無厘頭 (mou4 lei4 tau4) — "nonsense speak" - a style of punning conversation arising from the complex interplay of cultural subtleties fashionable in HK in the late 1980's and early 1990's in Cantonese
mouˎ₄無leiˎ₄厘tauˎ₄頭简 无厘头
Mandarin Pinyin: wu2 li2 tou2
Meaning of 無厘頭
noun"nonsense speak" - a style of punning conversation arising from the complex interplay of cultural subtleties fashionable in HK in the late 1980's and early 1990's
nounillogical; nonsensical; pointless; absurd | [synonyms] 莫名其妙, 不合邏輯, 荒謬, 滑稽
noun(adjective) 1. pointless; 2. illogical; 3. senseless