A funny TV show with the same small group of characters, usually in the same few places — a flat, an office, a coffee shop — and a new little problem each week that gets solved by the end of the episode. Friends, The Big Bang Theory, and Modern Family are sitcoms.

A funny TV show搞笑電視節目 with the same small group of characters有固定的一小群角色，usually in the same few places通常都在差不多那幾個場景——a flat公寓、an office辦公室、a coffee shop咖啡店——and a new little problem each week每週有個新的小狀況 that gets solved by the end of the episode到集尾就會解決。Friends, The Big Bang Theory, and Modern Family《六人行》、《宅男行不行》和《摩登家庭》 are sitcoms都是情境喜劇。

Each episode runs about twenty to thirty minutes, and the world resets afterwards, so you can watch them in almost any order. Many older ones were filmed in front of a live audience, which is why you hear people laughing.

Each episode每一集 runs about twenty to thirty minutes大約播二十到三十分鐘，and the world resets afterwards之後世界又重新歸零，so you你 can watch them in almost any order幾乎可以用任何順序看。Many older ones很多比較老的作品 were filmed in front of a live audience是在現場觀眾面前拍的，which is why you hear people laughing這就是為什麼你會聽到笑聲。

The word is casual and everyday — it is the short form that has almost replaced the full one, and people would find "situation comedy" a bit stiff now, though critics still write it.

The word這個字 is casual and everyday很口語、很日常——it它 is the short form that has almost replaced the full one是那個幾乎取代了完整說法的簡稱，and people而大家 would find "situation comedy" a bit stiff now現在會覺得「situation comedy」有點生硬，though critics不過評論家 still write it還是會這樣寫。

Use it as a noun (a new sitcom, my favourite sitcom) or before another noun (a sitcom actor, sitcom writing).

Use it把它用 as a noun當名詞（a new sitcom新的情境喜劇, my favourite sitcom我最喜歡的情境喜劇）or before another noun或放在另一個名詞前面（a sitcom actor情境喜劇演員, sitcom writing情境喜劇的編劇）。

It is neutral, but a little dismissive when used about real life: "That family is like something out of a sitcom" means their troubles are silly and small.

It它 is neutral是中性的，but a little dismissive但用在現實生活時 when used about real life帶點輕視的意味："That family is like something out of a sitcom"「那家人簡直像從情境喜劇裡跑出來的」 means their troubles are silly and small意思是他們的麻煩既蠢又小。