段子手

duànzishǒu
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 jokester / wit (online)
  2. 2 writer of viral jokes or punchlines

Examples

Tā shì Wēibó shang yǒumíng de duànzishǒu.
He's a famous jokester on Weibo.
Pínglùnqū quán shì duànzishǒu, gēnběn tíng bu xiàlái.
The comments are full of jokesters — I can't stop reading.

Tips

culture
段子 (duànzi) originally meant a 'segment' from cross-talk (相声 xiàngsheng) comedy; online it now means a short joke or witty post. A 段子手 is someone who reliably produces them — Weibo built a whole subculture of professional 段子手 accounts in the 2010s.
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Colloquial / internet. Often used affectionately ('this guy is hilarious'), occasionally dismissively ('he's just joking, don't take him seriously').

Stroke Order

duàn
shǒu