"straight man" in Chinese (Traditional)
捧哏（相聲搭檔）- 搭檔演員異性戀男性
Definition
在喜劇中，「捧哏」是指在雙人表演中負責襯托與配合主角的角色，也指異性戀男性。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))
主要用於相聲、喜劇領域，與“逗哏”搭配。指異性戀男性時語境要明確，一般多指喜劇角色；日常生活中不單指個性嚴肅的人。
Examples
He plays the straight man in their comedy duo.
他在他們的喜劇組合中扮演**捧哏**角色。
The straight man helps the comedian make jokes even funnier.
**捧哏**讓喜劇演員的笑話變得更有趣。
Sometimes, people call a heterosexual man a straight man.
有時，人們會稱異性戀男性為**捧哏**。
I'm the straight man, so I keep a serious face while my friend tells all the jokes.
我是那個**捧哏**，朋友講笑話時我保持嚴肅。
Without a good straight man, the punchlines just don't land as well in a comedy act.
沒有好的**捧哏**，喜劇裡的包袱就沒那麼好笑了。
In his old sketches, he was always the straight man, reacting to absurd situations with a blank stare.
在他早期的小品裡，他總是**捧哏**，用呆滯的表情回應荒謬場景。