King of Comedy

King of Comedy 1999

喜剧之王 xǐjù zhī wáng

Wan Tin-Sau is an actor who cannot seem to catch a break, since his only professional jobs are limited to being a movie extra. As well as being an actor, he is also the head of his village's community center.

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4.11 Intermediate Director Stephen Chow, Lee Lik-Chi IMDb 7.2

Cast

Stephen Chow Stephen Chow Wan Tin Sau Cecilia Cheung Cecilia Cheung Lau Piu Piu Karen Mok Man-Wai Karen Mok Man-Wai Sister Cuckoo Richard Ng Man-Tat Richard Ng Man-Tat Mao Jazz Lam Tsz-Sin Jazz Lam Tsz-Sin Hung Tenky Tin Kai-Man Tenky Tin Kai-Man Hung's Man Lee Siu-Kay Lee Siu-Kay Brother Kei Jackie Chan Jackie Chan Stunt Double on Set (uncredited) Cheng Man-Fai Cheng Man-Fai Hung's Man Steven Fung Min-Hang Steven Fung Min-Hang Pui's First Boyfriend

Vocabulary

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砍 砍 kǎn to chop; to cut down; to throw sth at sb HSK 7
引发 引發 yǐn fā to lead to; to trigger; to initiate; to cause; to evoke (emotions) HSK 7
拳 拳 quán fist; boxing HSK 7
丁 丁 dīng male adult; the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 干; fourth (used like "4" or "D"); small cube of meat or vegetable; (literary) to encounter; (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195°; (chemistry) butyl HSK 7
屁股 屁股 pì gu buttocks; bottom; butt; back part HSK 7
惹 惹 rě to provoke; to irritate; to vex; to stir up; to anger; to attract (troubles); to cause (problems) HSK 7
置 置 zhì to install; to place; to put; to buy HSK 7
耍 耍 shuǎ to play with; to wield; to act (cool etc); to display (a skill, one's temper etc) HSK 7
眼神 眼神 yǎn shén expression or emotion showing in one's eyes; meaningful glance; wink; eyesight (dialect) HSK 7
情报 情報 qíng bào information; intelligence HSK 7
码 碼 mǎ weight; number; code; to pile; to stack; classifier for length or distance (yard), happenings etc HSK 7
真心 真心 zhēn xīn sincere; heartfelt HSK 7
灵魂 靈魂 líng hún soul; spirit HSK 7
恭喜 恭喜 gōng xǐ to congratulate; (interj.) congratulations! HSK 7
且 且 qiě and; moreover; yet; for the time being; to be about to; both (... and...) HSK 7
格 格 gé square; frame; rule; (legal) case; style; character; standard; pattern; (grammar) case; (classical) to obstruct; to hinder; (classical) to arrive; to come; (classical) to investigate; to study exhaustively HSK 7
所谓 所謂 suǒ wèi so-called; what is called HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
而已 而已 ér yǐ that's all; nothing more HSK 7
未 未 wèi not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210° HSK 7
哦 哦 é to chant HSK 7
以 㕥 Yǐ abbr. for Israel 列 HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
千疮百孔 千瘡百孔 qiān chuāng bǎi kǒng heavily damaged; (fig.) full of holes; riddled with problems Idiom ∼HSK 6
耍花招 耍花招 shuǎ huā zhāo to play tricks on sb Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
志同道合 志同道合 zhì tóng - dào hé (idiom) to be devoted to a common cause; to be like-minded Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
自作聪明 自作聰明 zì zuò - cōng míng (idiom) to think oneself clever Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
装蒜 裝蒜 zhuāng suàn to act stupid; to play dumb; to pretend to not know Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不成 不成 bù chéng won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? Xiehouyu HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
雷 雷 léi thunder; (bound form) (military) mine, as in 雷 land mine; (coll.) to shock; to stun; to astound; (Tw) (coll.) spoiler; (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb) Colloquialism HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
有没有 有沒有 yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6
薯片 薯片 shǔ piàn fried potato chips HSK 6
雷雨 雷雨 léi yǔ thunderstorm ∼HSK 6
便当 便當 biàn dāng convenient; handy; easy; bento (a meal in a partitioned box); lunchbox ∼HSK 6
飘飘 飄飄 piāo piāo to float about; to flutter (in the breeze); (dialect) gay guy; (Tw) ghost ∼HSK 6
蟑螂 蟑螂 zhāng láng cockroach ∼HSK 6
档期 檔期 dàng qī slot within a schedule; timeslot (for a TV program, a session with a photographer etc); range of dates in which an event is to be held (film screening, exhibition etc) ∼HSK 6
划拳 划拳 huá quán finger-guessing game ∼HSK 6
鹌鹑 鵪鶉 ān chún quail ∼HSK 6
质素 質素 zhì sù (high) quality ∼HSK 6
临时演员 臨時演員 lín shí yǎn yuán an extra (in a movie) ∼HSK 6
丫鬟 丫鬟 yā huan servant girl; maid ∼HSK 6
死尸 死屍 sǐ shī corpse; dead body ∼HSK 6
初恋感觉 初戀感覺 chū liàn gǎn jué feelings of first love ∼HSK 6
润唇膏 潤唇膏 rùn chún gāo chapstick; lip balm ∼HSK 6
爆裂 爆裂 bào liè to rupture; to burst; to explode ∼HSK 6
不舒服 不舒服 bù shū fu unwell; feeling ill; to feel uncomfortable; uneasy ∼HSK 6
清高 清高 qīng gāo noble and virtuous; aloof from politics and material pursuits ∼HSK 6