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"aria (in opera)" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
唱段 chàng duàn aria (in opera) syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
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
地方戏曲 地方戲曲 dì fāng xì qǔ 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
唱腔 chàng qiāng vocal music (in opera) / aria syn
斗牛士之歌 鬥牛士之歌 dòu niú shì zhī gē Toreador Song (Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre), famous aria from opera Carmen 卡門|卡门 by Georges Bizet
咏叹调 詠嘆調 yǒng tàn diào aria
秦腔 qín qiāng Qinqiang, an opera style popular in northwest China, possibly originating in Ming dynasty folk music / Shaanxi opera syn
黄梅戏 黃梅戲 huáng méi xì Huangmei opera (local opera of Anhui)
听戏 聽戲 tīng xì to attend an opera / to see an opera
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
大戏 大戲 dà xì large-scale Chinese opera / Beijing opera / major dramatic production (movie, TV series etc) syn
武功 wǔ gōng martial art / military accomplishments / (Peking opera) martial arts feats 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
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
巨星 jù xīng (astronomy) giant star / (fig.) superstar (of opera, basketball etc) syn
京剧 京劇 jīng jù Beijing opera / CL:場|场[chang3],齣|出[chu1] syn
青衣 qīng yī black clothes / servant (old) / young woman role in Chinese opera, also called 正旦[zheng4 dan4] 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
戏曲 戲曲 xì qǔ Chinese opera syn
歌剧 歌劇 gē jù Western opera / CL:場|场[chang3],齣|出[chu1] syn
全本 quán běn whole edition / whole performance (of Chinese opera)
冤家 yuān jia enemy / foe / (in opera) sweetheart or destined love syn
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
剧目 劇目 jù mù theatrical piece (play or opera) / repertoire / list of plays or operas 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
叫板 jiào bǎn to signal the musicians (in Chinese opera, by prolonging a spoken word before attacking a song) / (coll.) to challenge
维特 維特 wéi tè Werther, opera by Jules Massenet / Werther, German masculine given name
武打 wǔ dǎ acrobatic fighting in Chinese opera or dance syn
歌剧院 歌劇院 gē jù yuàn opera house syn
过门 過門 guò mén to pass through a doorway / (of a woman) to marry / orchestral music interlude in an opera 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]
花旦 huā dàn role of vivacious young female in Chinese opera syn
越剧 越劇 yuè jù Shaoxing opera syn
唱戏 唱戲 chàng xì to perform in opera
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
戏子 戲子 xì zi (derog.) opera singer / actor syn
老生 lǎo shēng venerable middle-aged or elderly man, usually wearing an artificial beard (in Chinese opera) syn
清唱 qīng chàng to sing opera arias without staging, costume or makeup / to sing a cappella
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
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
粤剧 粵劇 yuè jù Cantonese opera syn
豫剧 豫劇 yù jù Henan 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
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
做功 zuò gōng (physics) to do work / non-vocal acting (in traditional Chinese opera)
丑角 醜角 chǒu jué clown role in opera / clown / buffoon syn
龙套 龍套 lóng tào costume of minor characters in opera, featuring dragon designs / walk-on syn
票友 piào yǒu an amateur actor (e.g. in Chinese opera)
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
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
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
京戏 京戲 jīng xì Beijing opera / CL:齣|出[chu1] syn
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
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
西皮 xī pí one of the two chief types of music in Chinese opera / see also 二黃|二黄[er4 huang2]
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
花腔 huā qiāng florid ornamentation in opera / coloratura
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
老旦 lǎo dàn old woman role in Chinese opera
正旦 zhèng dàn starring female role in a Chinese opera syn
花鼓戏 花鼓戲 huā gǔ xì opera form popular along Changjiang
唱本 chàng běn opera libretto
翎子 líng zi peacock feathers on an official's hat displaying his rank (traditional) / pheasant tail feathers on warriors' helmets (opera)
剧 劇 jù theatrical work (play, opera, TV series etc) / dramatic (change, increase etc) / acute / severe 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
末 mò tip / end / final stage / latter part / inessential detail / powder / dust / opera role of old man syn
旦 dàn (literary) dawn / daybreak / dan, female role in Chinese opera (traditionally played by specialized male actors) 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
五鬼闹判 五鬼鬧判 wǔ guǐ nào pàn Five ghosts mock the judge, or Five ghosts resist judgment (title of folk opera, idiom) / important personage mobbed by a crowd of ne'er-do-wells
梨园子弟 梨園子弟 lí yuán zǐ dì Chinese opera performers
河北梆子 hé běi bāng zǐ Hebei opera
开台锣鼓 開臺鑼鼓 kāi tái luó gǔ opening gong / gong strokes announcing start of opera performance
霸王别姬 霸王別姬 bà wáng bié jī The Conqueror Bids Farewell to His Favorite Concubine (tragic opera by Mei Lanfang 梅蘭芳|梅兰芳[Mei2 Lan2 fang1]) / Farewell My Concubine (1993 film by Chen Kaige)
贵妃醉酒 貴妃醉酒 guì fēi zuì jiǔ The Drunken Beauty, Qing Dynasty Beijing opera
梅兰芳 梅蘭芳 méi lán fāng Mei Lanfang (1894-1961), famous master of Beijing opera, specialist in female roles
京二胡 jīng èr hú jing'erhu, a two-stringed fiddle intermediate in size and pitch between the jinghu 京胡 and erhu 二胡, used to accompany Chinese opera / also called 京胡
侗剧 侗劇 dòng jù Dong opera
倒仓 倒倉 dǎo cāng to transfer grain from a store (e.g. to sun it) / voice breaking (of male opera singer in puberty)
假嗓子 jiǎ sǎng zi falsetto (in opera)
做派 zuò pài way of doing sth / behavior / to act in an affected manner / mannerism / gestures in opera
傩戏 儺戲 nuó xì Anhui local opera
剧坛 劇壇 jù tán the world of Chinese opera / theatrical circles
口白 kǒu bái narrator / spoken parts in an opera
古诺 古諾 gǔ nuò Gounod (name) / Charles Gounod (1818-1893), French musician and opera composer
吊嗓子 diào sǎng zi voice training (for Chinese opera) syn
吐字 tǔ zì diction / enunciation / (opera) to pronounce the words correctly
周传瑛 周傳瑛 zhōu chuán yīng Zhou Chuanying (1912-1988), Kunqu 崑曲|昆曲[Kun1 qu3] opera actor
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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