捧哏 pěnggén play the straight man Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 捧哏 pěng//gén play the straight man To play the supporting role in a cross-talk performance, reacting to the funny man's lines with words, gestures, or expressions to provoke laughter straight man The performer in a comic dialogue who plays the supporting role (distinguished from 逗哏 dòugén) Frequency Written text 0.109 per million Cross-References Antonym 逗哏 dòugén Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
捧哏 pěng//gén play the straight man To play the supporting role in a cross-talk performance, reacting to the funny man's lines with words, gestures, or expressions to provoke laughter straight man The performer in a comic dialogue who plays the supporting role (distinguished from 逗哏 dòugén) Frequency Written text 0.109 per million Cross-References Antonym 逗哏 dòugén Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
