无厘头

Traditional form:

無厘頭

Pinyin (reading):

wúlítóu

Definitions:

• silly talk or "mo lei tau" (Cantonese), genre of humor emerging from Hong Kong late in the 20th century

Characters:

• 无 - no, not; lacking, -less
• 厘 - one thousandth
• 头 - head; chief, boss; first, top

Traditional characters:

• 無 - no, not; lacking, -less
• 厘 - one thousandth
• 頭 - head; chief, boss; first, top