無厘頭 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 无厘头 wúlítóu ㄨˊ ㄌㄧˊ ㄊㄡˊ silly talk or "mo lei tau" (Cantonese), genre of humor emerging from Hong Kong late in the 20th century Character by character 無(wú)not to have 厘(lí)Li (c. 2000 BC), sixth of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝 yándì descended from Shennong 神农 shénnóng Farmer God, also known as Ai 哀 āi 頭(tóu)head A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0