Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Humorous; funny: Causing amusement or laughter; characterized by a lighthearted and comical quality.
   • Witty: Showing quick and inventive verbal humor.

2. Noun (less common):

   • Humor; comedy: The quality of being amusing or the genre of artistic work intended to provoke laughter.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Anh ấy là một người rất hài hước. (He is a very humorous person.)
  • Bộ phim đó có nhiều tình tiết hài hước. (That movie has many humorous details.)
• Noun:
  • Tác phẩm của ông ấy chứa đầy hài hước. (His work is full of humor.)

Advanced Usage

• "hài hước đen": black humor; humor that makes light of serious or taboo subjects.
  • Anh ấy thích thể loại hài hước đen. (He likes the genre of black humor.)
• "khiếu hài hước": a sense of humor.
  • Cô ấy có khiếu hài hước rất tốt. (She has a very good sense of humor.)

Variants and Related Words

• Hài (n): comedy; a genre or performance intended to be funny.
  • Vở hài đó rất được yêu thích. (That comedy play is very popular.)
• Hài kịch (n): comedy (as a theatrical or cinematic genre).
  • Chúng tôi đi xem một vở hài kịch. (We went to see a comedy play.)

Synonyms

• Humorous: funny, amusing.
• Witty: cleverly humorous.
• Comical: causing laughter, especially through being ridiculous.

Related Idioms

• "hài hước dí dỏm": witty and humorous; describes humor that is clever and sharp.
  • Lời bình của bình luận viên rất hài hước dí dỏm. (The commentator's remarks are very witty and humorous.)
• "nói cho hài hước": to say something for a laugh; to joke.
  • Tôi chỉ nói cho hài hước thôi. (I was just saying it for a laugh.)

adj

1. comic; humorous
   • chuyện hài hước
     humorous story