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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搽 搽 chá smear; rub, wipe; anoint ∼HSK 5
搞错 搞錯 gǎo cuò mistake; to make a mistake; to blunder; mistaken ∼HSK 5
洪 洪 Hóng vast, immense; flood, deluge ∼HSK 5
义气 義氣 yì qì spirit of loyalty and self-sacrifice; code of brotherhood; also pr. [yi4 qi5] ∼HSK 5
冰淇淋 冰淇淋 bīng qí lín ice cream ∼HSK 5
邵 邵 Shào surname; various place names ∼HSK 5
卧底 臥底 wò dǐ to hide (as an undercover agent); an insider (in a gang of thieves); a mole ∼HSK 5
柱 柱 zhù pillar, post; support; lean on ∼HSK 5
滩 灘 tān bank, a sandbar, shoal; rapids ∼HSK 5
老爷 老爺 lǎo ye master, sir ∼HSK 5
啜 啜 chuò sip, suck up; sob, weep ∼HSK 5
黑社会 黑社會 hēi shè huì criminal underworld; organized crime syndicate ∼HSK 5
蚁 蟻 yǐ ants ∼HSK 5
搞定 搞定 gǎo dìng to fix; to settle; to wangle ∼HSK 5
跌倒 跌倒 diē dǎo to tumble; to fall; fig. to suffer a reverse (in politics or business) ∼HSK 5
怎 怎 zěn how (variant of 怎么) ∼HSK 5
柳 柳 Liǔ willow tree; pleasure ∼HSK 5
下巴 下巴 xià ba chin ∼HSK 5
怒火 怒火 nù huǒ rage; fury; hot anger ∼HSK 5
可否 可否 kě fǒu can/may? ∼HSK 5
妞 妞 niū girl ∼HSK 5
雯 雯 wén cloud patterns, coloring of cloud ∼HSK 5
面孔 面孔 miàn kǒng face ∼HSK 5
绳 繩 shéng rope, string, cord; control ∼HSK 5
入行 入行 rù háng to enter a profession ∼HSK 5
鬼片 鬼片 guǐ piàn ghost movie ∼HSK 5
甲乙 甲乙 jiǎ yǐ first two of the ten Heavenly Stems ∼HSK 5
大便 大便 dà biàn to defecate; excrement; feces ∼HSK 5
怎么搞的 怎麼搞的 zěn me gǎo de How did it happen?; What's wrong?; What went wrong?; What's up? ∼HSK 5
秒钟 秒鐘 miǎo zhōng (time) second ∼HSK 5
中枪 中槍 zhòng qiāng to be hit by a gun; shot ∼HSK 5
害得 害得 hài de to cause or lead to sth bad ∼HSK 5
吐口 吐口 tǔ kǒu to spit; fig. to spit out (a request, an agreement etc) ∼HSK 5
主题曲 主題曲 zhǔ tí qǔ theme song ∼HSK 5
讲义气 講義氣 jiǎng yì qì to be loyal (to one's friends); to value loyalty ∼HSK 5
差劲 差勁 chà jìn bad; no good; below average; disappointing ∼HSK 5
看清 看清 kàn qīng to see clearly ∼HSK 5
满头大汗 滿頭大汗 mǎn tóu dà hàn brow beaded with sweat; perspiring freely ∼HSK 5
军火 軍火 jūn huǒ weapons and ammunition; munitions; arms ∼HSK 5
荔 茘 lì lichee ∼HSK 5
效劳 效勞 xiào láo to serve (in some capacity); to work for ∼HSK 5
神经病 神經病 shén jīng bìng mental disorder; neuropathy; (derog.) mental case ∼HSK 5
品味 品味 pǐn wèi to sample; to taste; to appreciate; one's taste (i.e. in music, literature, fashion, food and drink etc); good taste ∼HSK 5
呆板 呆板 dāi bǎn stiff; inflexible; also pr. [ai2 ban3] ∼HSK 5
羞答答 羞答答 xiū dā dā bashful ∼HSK 5
骨牌效应 骨牌效應 gǔ pái xiào yìng domino effect; ripple effect ∼HSK 5
师兄 師兄 shīxiōng elder fellow disciple ∼HSK 5
夺回 奪回 duó huí to take back (forcibly); to recapture; to win back ∼HSK 5
真棒 真棒 zhēn bàng super!; really great; wonderful ∼HSK 5
胆敢 膽敢 dǎn gǎn to dare (negative connotation); to have the audacity to (do sth) ∼HSK 5