"performance art" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
行动艺术 行動藝術 xíng dòng yì shù performance art
行为艺术 行為藝術 xíng wéi yì shù performance art
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
表现 表現 biǎo xiàn to show / to show off / to display / to manifest / expression / manifestation / show / display / performance (at work etc) / behavior syn
表演 biǎo yǎn play / show / performance / exhibition / to perform / to act / to demonstrate / CL:場|场[chang3] syn
舞蹈 wǔ dǎo dance (performance art) / dancing syn
演出 yǎn chū to act (in a play) / to perform / to put on (a performance) / performance / concert / show / CL:場|场[chang3],次[ci4] syn
玩意 wán yì toy / plaything / thing / act / trick (in a performance, stage show, acrobatics etc) syn
演唱 yǎn chàng to sing (for an audience) / vocal performance
成绩 成績 chéng jì achievement / performance records / grades / CL:項|项[xiang4],個|个[ge4] syn
滑稽 huá jī comical / funny / amusing (old pr. [gu3 ji1]) / huaji, a form of comedy performance popular in Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang syn
艺术品 藝術品 yì shù pǐn art piece / work of art / CL:件[jian4]
重演 chóng yǎn to recur (of events, esp. adverse ones) / to repeat (a performance)
中场 中場 zhōng chǎng middle period of a tripartite provincial exam (in former times) / midfield / mid-court (in sports) / half-time / intermission half-way through a performance
刮目相看 guā mù xiāng kàn to have a whole new level of respect for sb or sth / to sit up and take notice (of sb's improved performance etc) syn
业绩 業績 yè jì achievement / accomplishment / (in more recent usage) performance (of a business, employee etc) / results syn
性能 xìng néng function / performance / behavior syn
排演 pái yǎn to rehearse (a performance) syn
提神 tí shén to freshen up / to be cautious or vigilant / to watch out / stimulant to enhance mental performance / stay-awake drug / agrypnotic syn
感染力 gǎn rǎn lì infectiousness (of a disease) / appeal / power / impact (of an image, marketing message, performance etc)
首演 shǒu yǎn maiden stage role / first performance / first public showing
细腻 細膩 xì nì (of skin etc) smooth / satiny / delicate / (of a performance, depiction, craftsmanship etc) finely detailed / subtle / exquisite / meticulous syn
公演 gōng yǎn to perform in public / to give a performance syn
淋漓尽致 淋漓盡致 lín lí jìn zhì lit. extreme saturation (idiom) / fig. vividly and thoroughly / in great detail / without restraint / (of a performance) brilliant syn
义演 義演 yì yǎn benefit performance / charity show
终场 終場 zhōng chǎng end (of a performance or sports match) / last round of testing in the imperial examinations syn
挂钩 掛鉤 guà gōu to couple / to link / to hook together / (fig.) (preceded by 與|与[yu3] + {entity}) to establish contact (with {entity}) / (Tw) to collude (with {entity}) / (fig.) to link (marketing efforts with production etc) / to peg (welfare payments to inflation etc) / to tie (remuneration to performance etc) / hook (on which to hang sth) / latch hook / coupling syn
专场 專場 zhuān chǎng special performance
绩效 績效 jì xiào performance / results / achievement
演播 yǎn bō broadcast performance / televised or podcast lecture
美工 měi gōng art design / art designer syn
高性能 gāo xìng néng high performance
场次 場次 chǎng cì the number of showings of a movie, play etc / screening / performance
合演 hé yǎn to act together / to put on a joint performance
丑态 醜態 chǒu tài shameful performance / disgraceful situation
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
柔术 柔術 róu shù jujitsu / contortion (performance art) syn
见笑 見笑 jiàn xiào to mock / to be ridiculed / to incur ridicule through one's poor performance (humble) syn
汇演 匯演 huì yǎn joint performance syn
艺坛 藝壇 yì tán art circles / art world syn
性价比 性價比 xìng jià bǐ cost-performance ratio
艺术学院 藝術學院 yì shù xué yuàn art institute / art and drama college
全本 quán běn whole edition / whole performance (of Chinese opera)
文艺演出 文藝演出 wén yì yǎn chū theatrical performance / CL:場|场[chang3]
可圈可点 可圈可點 kě quān kě diǎn remarkable (performance, achievement etc) / worthy of praise
书馆 書館 shū guǎn teashop with performance by 評書|评书 story tellers / (attached to name of publishing houses) / (in former times) private school / library (of classic texts)
楼台 樓臺 lóu tái (dialect) balcony / terrace / (literary) high building / tower / (old) stage for theatrical performance syn
开锣 開鑼 kāi luó to beat the gong to open a performance
听书 聽書 tīng shū to listen to a performance of pinghua storytelling 評話|评话[ping2hua4] / to listen to an audiobook
合气道 合氣道 hé qì dào aikido (Japanese martial art) / hapkido (Korean martial art)
piào ticket / ballot / banknote / CL:張|张[zhang1] / person held for ransom / amateur performance of Chinese opera / classifier for groups, batches, business transactions syn
试演 試演 shì yǎn audition / dress rehearsal / preview (of a theatrical performance) / dummy run syn
wēn epidemic / pestilence / plague / (fig.) stupid / dull / (of a performance) lackluster syn
社戏 社戲 shè xì theatrical performance (e.g. on religious festival)
dào road / path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]) / (bound form) way / reason / principle / (bound form) a skill / an art / a specialization / (Daoism) the Way / the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express / to extend (polite words) / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division) syn
作品 zuò pǐn work (of art) / opus / CL:部[bu4],篇[pian1] syn
艺术 藝術 yì shù art syn
功夫 gōng fu skill / art / kung fu / labor / effort syn
收藏 shōu cáng to collect (works of art, dolls, antiques etc) / to put away for safekeeping / (Internet) to bookmark / a collection syn
画廊 畫廊 huà láng art gallery / decorated corridor
爱好者 愛好者 ài hào zhě lover (of art, sports etc) / amateur / enthusiast / fan syn
料理 liào lǐ to arrange / to handle / to cook / cuisine / art of cooking 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
跆拳道 tái quán dào taekwondo (Korean martial art)
美术 美術 měi shù art / fine arts / painting / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn
素材 sù cái source material (in literature and art) syn
动感 動感 dòng gǎn sense of movement (often in a static work of art) / dynamic / vivid / lifelike syn
技艺 技藝 jì yì skill / art syn
重塑 chóng sù to reconstruct (an art object) / to remodel
格调 格調 gé diào style (of art or literature) / form / one's work style / moral character syn
修行 xiū xíng to devote oneself to spiritual development (esp. Buddhism or Daoism) / to devote oneself to perfecting one's art or craft syn
医术 醫術 yī shù medical expertise / art of healing syn
钟情 鍾情 zhōng qíng to fall in love / to love sb or sth dearly (lover, or art) syn
画师 畫師 huà shī (art) painter syn
画展 畫展 huà zhǎn art exhibition
美术馆 美術館 měi shù guǎn art gallery
比划 比劃 bǐ huà to gesture / to use sign language / to gesticulate / to engage in body combat or martial art / to come to blows syn
精妙 jīng miào exquisite / fine and delicate (usu. of works of art) syn
武功 wǔ gōng martial art / military accomplishments / (Peking opera) martial arts feats syn
精品 jīng pǐn quality goods / premium product / fine work (of art)
质感 質感 zhì gǎn realism (in art) / sense of reality / texture / tactile quality
飞天 飛天 fēi tiān flying Apsara (Buddhist art)
文艺 文藝 wén yì literature and art syn
陶艺 陶藝 táo yì ceramic art
兵法 bīng fǎ art of war / military strategy and tactics syn
知己知彼 zhī jǐ zhī bǐ know yourself, know your enemy (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3]) syn
武艺 武藝 wǔ yì martial art / military skill syn
高丽 高麗 gāo lí Korean Goryeo dynasty, 918-1392 / Korea, esp. in context of art and culture
剪纸 剪紙 jiǎn zhǐ papercutting (Chinese folk art) / to make paper cutouts
构图 構圖 gòu tú (art) composition
名家 míng jiā renowned expert / master (of an art or craft) syn
神韵 神韻 shén yùn charm or grace (in poetry or art) syn
学艺 學藝 xué yì to learn a skill or art
炉火纯青 爐火純青 lú huǒ chún qīng lit. the stove fire has turned bright green (allusion to Daoist alchemy) (idiom) / fig. (of an art, a technique etc) brought to the point of perfection syn
太极拳 太極拳 tài jí quán shadowboxing or Taiji, T'aichi or T'aichichuan / traditional form of physical exercise or relaxation / a martial art
美术品 美術品 měi shù pǐn an art object
面世 miàn shì to be published (of art, literary works etc) / to come out / to take shape / to see the light of day syn
练功 練功 liàn gōng to do tai chi / to practice kung-fu (or other martial art) / to train (for dancing, acrobatics etc) syn
古朴 古樸 gǔ pǔ simple and unadorned (of art, architecture etc) syn
形式主义 形式主義 xíng shì zhǔ yì Formalism (art)
艺校 藝校 yì xiào abbr. for 藝術學校|艺术学校 / art school
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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