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"theater (old)" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
馆子 館子 guǎn zi restaurant / theater (old) syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
效果 xiào guǒ result / effect / efficacy / (theater) sound or visual effects syn
剧院 劇院 jù yuàn theater / CL:家[jia1],座[zuo4] syn
上台 shàng tái to rise to power (in politics) / to go on stage (in the theater) syn
戏剧 戲劇 xì jù a drama / a play / theater / script of a play syn
门票 門票 mén piào ticket (for theater, cinema etc) syn
剧场 劇場 jù chǎng theater / CL:座[zuo4] syn
道具 dào jù (theater) prop / paraphernalia / (gaming) item / artifact
音乐剧 音樂劇 yīn yuè jù (theater, cinema) a musical
电影院 電影院 diàn yǐng yuàn cinema / movie theater / CL:家[jia1],座[zuo4] syn
烟花 煙花 yān huā fireworks / prostitute (esp. in Yuan theater) syn
巡回演出 xún huí yǎn chū (theater etc) to tour / to be on tour / to give itinerant performances
布鲁克 布魯克 bù lǔ kè Brook (name) / Peter Brook (1925), British theater director
席位 xí wèi a seat (in a theater, stadium etc) / parliamentary or congressional seat syn
老娘 lǎo niáng my old mother / I, this old woman / my old lady (colloquial) / maternal grandmother / midwife syn
包厢 包廂 bāo xiāng box (in a theater or concert hall) / private room (in a restaurant or karaoke) syn
戏院 戲院 xì yuàn theater syn
影院 yǐng yuàn cinema / movie theater syn
池子 chí zi pond / bathhouse pool / dance floor of a ballroom / (old) stalls (front rows in a theater) syn
后排 後排 hòu pái the back row (in a theater etc) / the rear seats (in a vehicle)
老牌 lǎo pái old, well-known brand / old style / old school / an old hand / experienced veteran syn
总司令 總司令 zǒng sī lìng commander-in-chief / top military commander for a country or theater of operations syn
战区 戰區 zhàn qū war zone / combat zone / (military) theater of operations syn
旁白 páng bái aside (theater) / voice-over / background narration
旧账 舊賬 jiù zhàng lit. old account / old debt / fig. old scores to settle / old quarrels / old grudge
幕布 mù bù (theater) curtain syn
爆满 爆滿 bào mǎn filled to capacity (of theater, stadium, gymnasium etc) syn
散场 散場 sàn chǎng (of a theater) to empty / (of a show) to end syn
夜场 夜場 yè chǎng evening show (at a theater etc) / nighttime entertainment venue (bar, nightclub, disco etc)
实景 實景 shí jǐng real scene (not set up or posed) / real location (not a film studio set or theater) / live action (not animation) syn
念旧 念舊 niàn jiù to remember old friends / to cherish old friendships / for old time's sake syn
拆台 拆臺 chāi tái (theater) to dismantle the stage / (fig.) to pull the rug out from under sb's feet / to undermine sb's plans syn
狂言 kuáng yán ravings / delirious utterances / kyōgen (a form of traditional Japanese comic theater) syn
包场 包場 bāo chǎng to reserve all the seats (or a large block of seats) at a theater, restaurant etc
点将 點將 diǎn jiàng to appoint a general (in theater) / fig. to appoint sb for a task
补票 補票 bǔ piào to buy or upgrade a ticket after boarding a train, boat etc / to buy a ticket for a show after having sat down in the theater
气管炎 氣管炎 qì guǎn yán bacterial tracheitis (inflammation of the windpipe, often caused by Staphylococcus aureus) / henpecked (a pun on 妻子管得嚴|妻子管得严[qi1 zi5 guan3 de5 yan2] used in comic theater)
家庭影院 jiā tíng yǐng yuàn home cinema / home theater
巡演 xún yǎn (theater etc) to tour / to be on tour / to give itinerant performances (abbr. for 巡迴演出|巡回演出[xun2hui2 yan3chu1])
穿帮 穿幫 chuān bāng (TV or movie) blooper / continuity error / (theater) to flub one's lines / unintended exposure of a body part / to be exposed (of a scheme or trick) / to reveal sth one intended to conceal through a slip of the tongue / to blow one's cover
曲艺 曲藝 qǔ yì folk musical theater
老不死 lǎo bù sǐ (derog.) old but still alive / old fart / old bastard
影剧院 影劇院 yǐng jù yuàn cinema / movie theater 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]
剧社 劇社 jù shè theater company
样板戏 樣板戲 yàng bǎn xì model theater (operas and ballets produced during the Cultural Revolution)
影剧 影劇 yǐng jù film and theater / screen and stage
元曲 yuán qǔ Yuan dynasty theater, including poetry, music and comedy
故道 gù dào old road / old way / old course (of a river)
聚光 jù guāng to focus light (e.g. in theater) / to spotlight
角 jué role (theater) / to compete / ancient three legged wine vessel / third note of pentatonic scale syn
甲 jiǎ first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / (used for an unspecified person or thing) / first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc) / letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / armor plating / shell or carapace / (of the fingers or toes) nail / bladed leather or metal armor (old) / ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old) / civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old) / ancient Chinese compass point: 75° syn
厢 廂 xiāng box (in theater) / side room / side syn
戏票 戲票 xì piào (theater etc) ticket
卿 qīng high ranking official (old) / term of endearment between spouses (old) / (from the Tang Dynasty onwards) term used by the emperor for his subjects (old) / honorific (old) syn
压轴戏 壓軸戲 yā zhòu xì next-to-last item on a program (theater) / climax
晚场 晚場 wǎn chǎng evening show (at theater etc)
竹板 zhú bǎn bamboo clapper boards used in folk theater
幕间 幕間 mù jiān interval (between acts in theater)
数来宝 數來寶 shǔ lái bǎo folk theater consisting of recitation accompanied by clapper board rhythm
追光灯 追光燈 zhuī guāng dēng (theater) spotlight / followspot
者 zhě (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ... / (after a noun) person involved in ... / -er / -ist / (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously) / (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term) / (old) (used at the end of a command) / (old) this syn
博士 bó shì doctor (as an academic degree) / (old) person specialized in a skill or trade / (old) court academician
解 xiè acrobatic display (esp. on horseback) (old) / variant of 懈[xie4] and 邂[xie4] (old) syn
士 shì member of the senior ministerial class (old) / scholar (old) / bachelor / honorific / soldier / noncommissioned officer / specialist worker syn
老头 老頭 lǎo tóu old fellow / old man / father / husband syn
古老 gǔ lǎo ancient / old / age-old syn
打发 打發 dǎ fa to dispatch sb to do sth / to make sb leave / to pass (the time) / (old) to make arrangements / (old) to bestow (alms etc) syn
老头子 老頭子 lǎo tóu zi (coll.) old man / (said of an aging husband) my old man syn
老式 lǎo shì old-fashioned / old type / outdated syn
食道 shí dào esophagus / gullet / (old) the proper way to eat / (old) food transportation route syn
老将 老將 lǎo jiàng lit. old general / commander-in-chief 將帥|将帅, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess / fig. old-timer / veteran syn
宿怨 sù yuàn an old grudge / old scores to settle syn
老汉 老漢 lǎo hàn old man / I (an old man referring to himself) syn
喜新厌旧 喜新厭舊 xǐ xīn yàn jiù lit. to like the new, and hate the old (idiom) / fig. enamored with new people (e.g. new girlfriend), bored with the old syn
寿终正寝 壽終正寢 shòu zhōng zhèng qǐn to die of old age / to die in one's bed at a ripe old age / (fig.) (of a structure or machine etc) to come to the end of its life syn
老态 老態 lǎo tài old and frail / decrepit / doddering / decrepitude / infirmities of old age syn
小子 xiǎo zǐ (literary) youngster / (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation) / (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders) syn
老家伙 老傢伙 lǎo jiā huo (coll.) old fellow / old codger syn
古风 古風 gǔ fēng old style / old custom / a pre-Tang Dynasty genre of poetry aka 古體詩|古体诗[gu3 ti3 shi1] syn
白头偕老 白頭偕老 bái tóu xié lǎo (to live together until the) white hairs of old age (idiom) / to live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss / until death do us part syn
旧称 舊稱 jiù chēng old term / old way of referring to sth
那 nuó (archaic) many / beautiful / how / old variant of 挪[nuo2] syn
点 點 diǎn point / dot / drop / speck / o'clock / point (in space or time) / to draw a dot / to check on a list / to choose / to order (food in a restaurant) / to touch briefly / to hint / to light / to ignite / to pour a liquid drop by drop / (old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更[geng1] / dot stroke in Chinese characters / classifier for items syn
话 諙 huà old variant of 話|话[hua4] syn
两 兩 liǎng two / both / some / a few / tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old) syn
年 秊 nián grain / harvest (old) / variant of 年[nian2] syn
老 lǎo prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough / unicode compatibility variant of 老 syn
弄 nòng old variant of 弄[nong4] syn
留 畱 liú old variant of 留[liu2] syn
女 rǔ old variant of 汝[ru3] syn
第 dì (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4-liu4] "sixth") / (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed / (old) residence of a high official / (literary) but / however / (literary) only / just syn
令 lìng to order / to command / an order / warrant / writ / to cause / to make sth happen / virtuous / honorific title / season / government position (old) / type of short song or poem syn
往 wǎng old variant of 往[wang3] syn
靠 kào to lean against or on / to stand by the side of / to come near to / to depend on / to trust / to fuck (vulgar) / traditional military costume drama where the performers wear armor (old) syn
法 灋 fǎ old variant of 法[fa3] / law syn
老兄 lǎo xiōng elder brother (often used self-referentially) / (form of address between male friends) old chap / buddy syn
店 diàn inn / old-style hotel (CL:家[jia1]) / (bound form) shop / store syn
碰 踫 pèng old variant of 碰[peng4] 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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