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"Cantonese opera" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
粤剧 粵劇 yuè jù Cantonese opera syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
呢 nī this (Cantonese) / see also 哩[li1] syn
白 bái white / snowy / pure / bright / empty / blank / plain / clear / to make clear / in vain / gratuitous / free of charge / reactionary / anti-communist / funeral / to stare coldly / to write wrong character / to state / to explain / vernacular / spoken lines in opera syn
基 jī (bound form) base / foundation / (bound form) radical (chemistry) / (bound form) gay (loanword from English into Cantonese, Jyutping: gei1, followed by orthographic borrowing from Cantonese) syn
点心 點心 diǎn xin light refreshments / pastry / dim sum (in Cantonese cooking) / dessert syn
巨星 jù xīng (astronomy) giant star / (fig.) superstar (of opera, basketball etc) syn
歌剧 歌劇 gē jù Western opera / CL:場|场[chang3],齣|出[chu1] syn
卡门 卡門 kǎ mén Carmen (name) / Carmen, 1875 opera by Georges Bizet 比才 based on novel by Prosper Mérimée 梅里美[Mei2 li3 mei3]
大王 dài wang robber baron (in opera, old stories) / magnate syn
武术 武術 wǔ shù military skill or technique (in former times) / all kinds of martial art sports (some claiming spiritual development) / self-defense / tradition of choreographed fights from opera and film (recent usage) / also called kungfu 功夫 / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn
亮相 liàng xiàng to strike a pose (Chinese opera) / (fig.) to make a public appearance / to come out in public (revealing one's true personality, opinions etc) / (of a product) to appear on the market or at a trade show etc
夏娃 xià wá Eve, the first woman (transcription used in Protestant versions of the Bible) (from Hebrew Ḥawwāh, probably via Cantonese 夏娃 {Haa6waa1})
歌剧院 歌劇院 gē jù yuàn opera house syn
母鸡 母雞 mǔ jī hen / don't know (humorous slang mimicking Cantonese 唔知, Jyutping: m4 zi1) syn
剧目 劇目 jù mù theatrical piece (play or opera) / repertoire / list of plays or operas syn
冤家 yuān jia enemy / foe / (in opera) sweetheart or destined love syn
过门 過門 guò mén to pass through a doorway / (of a woman) to marry / orchestral music interlude in an opera syn
按揭 àn jiē a mortgage (loanword via Cantonese) / to buy property on a mortgage
武功 wǔ gōng martial art / military accomplishments / (Peking opera) martial arts feats syn
重头戏 重頭戲 zhòng tóu xì opera (or role) involving much singing and action / (fig.) highlight / main feature / major activity syn
维特 維特 wéi tè Werther, opera by Jules Massenet / Werther, German masculine given name
外场 外場 wài chǎng outer area (of a place that has an inner area) / dining area of a restaurant (as opposed to the kitchen) / outfield (baseball etc) / area outside a venue (e.g. exterior of a stadium) / field (maintenance, testing etc) / (Chinese opera) the area in front of the table on the stage syn
清唱 qīng chàng to sing opera arias without staging, costume or makeup / to sing a cappella
唱腔 chàng qiāng vocal music (in opera) / aria syn
变脸 變臉 biàn liǎn to turn hostile suddenly / face changing, a device of Sichuan Opera, a dramatic change of attitude expressing fright, anger etc syn
街市 jiē shì downtown area / commercial district / (chiefly Cantonese) wet market, i.e. a marketplace selling fresh meat, fish and vegetables etc
戏子 戲子 xì zi (derog.) opera singer / actor syn
龙套 龍套 lóng tào costume of minor characters in opera, featuring dragon designs / walk-on syn
丑角 醜角 chǒu jué clown role in opera / clown / buffoon syn
粤语 粵語 yuè yǔ Cantonese language
饮茶 飲茶 yǐn chá to have tea and refreshments / to have dim sum lunch (Cantonese) syn
武打 wǔ dǎ acrobatic fighting in Chinese opera or dance syn
票友 piào yǒu an amateur actor (e.g. in Chinese opera)
插科打诨 插科打諢 chā kē dǎ hùn to include impromptu comic material in opera performance (idiom) / to jest / buffoonery syn
唱段 chàng duàn aria (in opera) syn
老生 lǎo shēng venerable middle-aged or elderly man, usually wearing an artificial beard (in Chinese opera) syn
三弦 sān xián sanxian, large family of 3-stringed plucked musical instruments, with snakeskin covered wooden soundbox and long neck, used in folk music, opera and Chinese orchestra syn
西皮 xī pí one of the two chief types of music in Chinese opera / see also 二黃|二黄[er4 huang2]
京剧 京劇 jīng jù Beijing opera / CL:場|场[chang3],齣|出[chu1] syn
戏曲 戲曲 xì qǔ Chinese opera syn
粤菜 粵菜 yuè cài Cantonese cuisine
花旦 huā dàn role of vivacious young female in Chinese opera syn
唱戏 唱戲 chàng xì to perform in opera
冷宫 冷宮 lěng gōng (in literature and opera) a place to which a monarch banishes a wife or concubine who falls from favor / (fig.) the doghouse / a state of disfavor
做功 zuò gōng (physics) to do work / non-vocal acting (in traditional Chinese opera)
青衣 qīng yī black clothes / servant (old) / young woman role in Chinese opera, also called 正旦[zheng4 dan4] syn
全本 quán běn whole edition / whole performance (of Chinese opera)
无厘头 無厘頭 wú lí tóu silly talk or "mo lei tau" (Cantonese), genre of humor emerging from Hong Kong late in the 20th century
开打 開打 kāi dǎ (of a sports competition or match) to commence / (of a war or battle) to break out / to perform acrobatic or choreographed fighting (in Chinese opera) / to brawl / to come to blows
封神榜 fēng shén bǎng Investiture of the Gods, major Ming dynasty vernacular novel of mythology and fantasy, very loosely based on King Wu of Zhou's 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2] overthrow of the Shang, subsequent material for opera, film, TV series, computer games etc
叫板 jiào bǎn to signal the musicians (in Chinese opera, by prolonging a spoken word before attacking a song) / (coll.) to challenge
埋单 埋單 mái dān to pay the bill (in a restaurant etc) (loanword from Cantonese) / (fig.) to bear responsibility
广东人 廣東人 guǎng dōng rén Cantonese (people)
广东话 廣東話 guǎng dōng huà Cantonese language
越剧 越劇 yuè jù Shaoxing opera syn
套数 套數 tào shù song cycle in Chinese opera / (fig.) a series of tricks / polite remarks / number of (things that are counted in 套[tao4], like houses) syn
昆曲 崑曲 kūn qǔ Kunqu opera, influential musical theater originating in Kunshan, Jiangsu province in Yuan times syn
沙家浜 shā jiā bāng "Sha Family's Creek", a Beijing opera classified as model theater 樣板戲|样板戏[yang4 ban3 xi4]
肥皂剧 肥皂劇 féi zào jù soap opera (loanword)
白脸 白臉 bái liǎn white face / face painting in Beijing opera etc
反串 fǎn chuàn (Chinese opera) to play a role outside of one's specialty / (modern) to play a transvestite role / to masquerade as an opponent
豫剧 豫劇 yù jù Henan opera syn
秦腔 qín qiāng Qinqiang, an opera style popular in northwest China, possibly originating in Ming dynasty folk music / Shaanxi opera syn
三岔口 sān chà kǒu At the Crossroads, famous opera, based on a story from 水滸傳|水浒传[Shui3 hu3 Zhuan4]
川剧 川劇 chuān jù Sichuan opera
封神演义 封神演義 fēng shén yǎn yì Investiture of the Gods, major Ming dynasty vernacular novel of mythology and fantasy, very loosely based on King Wu of Zhou's 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2] overthrow of the Shang, subsequent material for opera, film, TV series, computer games etc
烧腊 燒臘 shāo là barbecue (Cantonese style)
黄梅戏 黃梅戲 huáng méi xì Huangmei opera (local opera of Anhui)
吉列 jí liè breaded and fried cutlet (loanword via Cantonese)
牛腩 niú nǎn brisket (esp. Cantonese) / belly beef / spongy meat from cow's underside and neighboring ribs / erroneously translated as sirloin
红色娘子军 紅色孃子軍 hóng sè niáng zi jūn Red Detachment of Women, revolutionary opera that premiered in 1964
武生 wǔ shēng male military role in a Chinese opera
京戏 京戲 jīng xì Beijing opera / CL:齣|出[chu1] syn
内场 內場 nèi chǎng inner area (of a place that has an outer area) / the kitchen of a restaurant (as opposed to the dining area) / infield (baseball etc) / (Chinese opera) the area behind the table on the stage
名伶 míng líng famous actor or actress (Chinese opera) syn
听戏 聽戲 tīng xì to attend an opera / to see an opera
叫鸡 叫雞 jiào jī rooster / cock / (slang) (Cantonese) to visit a prostitute
地方戏 地方戲 dì fāng xì local Chinese opera, such as Shaoxing opera 越劇|越剧[Yue4 ju4], Sichuan opera 川劇|川剧[Chuan1 ju4], Henan opera 豫劇|豫剧[Yu4 ju4] etc
大黄鱼 大黃魚 dà huáng yú Croceine croaker (Pseudosciaena crocea), a fish popular in Cantonese cooking syn
票 piào ticket / ballot / banknote / CL:張|张[zhang1] / person held for ransom / amateur performance of Chinese opera / classifier for groups, batches, business transactions syn
唔 wú oh (expression of agreement or surprise) / (Cantonese) not syn
佬 lǎo male / man (Cantonese) syn
剧 劇 jù theatrical work (play, opera, TV series etc) / dramatic (change, increase etc) / acute / severe syn
哩 lī this (Cantonese) / see also 呢[ni1] / see also 哩哩羅羅|哩哩罗罗[li1 li1 luo1 luo1] syn
末 mò tip / end / final stage / latter part / inessential detail / powder / dust / opera role of old man syn
净 淨 jìng clean / completely / only / net (income, exports etc) / (Chinese opera) painted face male role syn
饰 飾 shì decoration / ornament / to decorate / to adorn / to hide / to conceal (a fault) / excuse (to hide a fault) / to play a role (in opera) / to impersonate syn
曲奇 qǔ qí cookie (loanword via Cantonese 曲奇 kuk1 kei4)
旦 dàn (literary) dawn / daybreak / dan, female role in Chinese opera (traditionally played by specialized male actors) syn
噼 pī child's buttocks (esp. Cantonese) / (onom.) crack, slap, clap, clatter etc
呔 tāi tie / necktie / tire (Cantonese) syn
花腔 huā qiāng florid ornamentation in opera / coloratura
粤 粵 yuè Cantonese / short name for Guangdong 廣東|广东[Guang3 dong1]
乜 miē used in 乜斜[mie1xie5] / (Cantonese) what? syn
豉油 chǐ yóu soy sauce (chiefly in Cantonese and Hakka areas)
旦角 dàn jiǎo Dan, female roles in Chinese opera (played by specialized male actors) syn
旦角 dàn jué dan, female roles in Chinese opera (traditionally played by specialized male actors) syn
沪剧 滬劇 hù jù Shanghai opera syn
京胡 jīng hú jinghu, a smaller, higher-pitched erhu 二胡 (two-stringed fiddle) used to accompany Chinese opera / also called 京二胡
二黄 二黃 èr huáng one of the two chief types of music in Chinese opera / Peking opera / also written 二簧[er4 huang2] / see also 西皮[xi1 pi2] syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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