comedy movie
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- 1 comedy movie、comedy film
An everyday term for a movie whose main purpose is to make the audience laugh.
comedy movie、comedy film
A movie genre centered on humor and making the audience laugh.
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มีหนังตลกเรื่องไหนแนะนำบ้าง mii nǎŋ talòk rʉ̂aŋ nǎy nɛ́nam bâaŋ Are there any comedy movies you would recommend? มีหนังตลกเรื่องไหนแนะนำบ้าง details
Learning notes
Explanation
This term combines หนัง (“movie”) with ตลก (“funny” or “comic”). Here, หนัง means “movie,” not its other meaning of “skin” or “leather.” It is common in everyday conversation. Movies are normally counted with the classifier เรื่อง, as in หนังตลกหนึ่งเรื่อง (“one comedy movie”) and หนังตลกเรื่องนี้ (“this comedy movie”).
Usage
It is commonly used when discussing movie preferences, choosing something to watch at a theater or on a streaming service, and recommending comedies. Common combinations include ดูหนังตลก (“watch a comedy movie”) and ชอบหนังตลก (“like comedy movies”).
Caution
หนังตลก normally identifies a movie’s genre. To say that a particular movie is funny, use a sentence such as หนังเรื่องนี้ตลกดี (“This movie is pretty funny”). ตลก means funny or comical; for “interesting,” use น่าสนใจ instead.
Differences from similar words
1 comedy movie synonyms
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ภาพยนตร์ตลก also means “comedy film,” but ภาพยนตร์ gives it a more formal tone suited to writing and official genre labels. หนังตลก is the more natural everyday expression.