"theatrical performance" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
文艺演出 文藝演出 wén yì yǎn chū theatrical performance / CL:場|场[chang3]
社戏 社戲 shè xì theatrical performance (e.g. on religious festival)
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
重演 chóng yǎn to recur (of events, esp. adverse ones) / to repeat (a performance)
诠释 詮釋 quán shì to interpret / to comment and explain / to annotate / to perform (i.e. interpret a theatrical role) / to decode / interpretation / annotation syn
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
插曲 chā qǔ music played during a movie, play etc / incidental music / music played in a theatrical interlude / (fig.) incident / episode
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
剧团 劇團 jù tuán theatrical troupe syn
感染力 gǎn rǎn lì infectiousness (of a disease) / appeal / power / impact (of an image, marketing message, performance etc)
捧场 捧場 pěng chǎng to show one's support for a performer or theatrical troupe etc by attending their show / to attend an event to cheer on the participants / to patronize a restaurant or store / to sing the praises of syn
剧目 劇目 jù mù theatrical piece (play or opera) / repertoire / list of plays or operas syn
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
班子 bān zi organized group / theatrical troupe syn
班底 bān dǐ ordinary members of theatrical troupe syn
双簧 雙簧 shuāng huáng a form of theatrical double act in which one performer speaks or sings while the other, in front, pretends to be doing the speaking or singing / double reed (as in an oboe or bassoon)
剧照 劇照 jù zhào photo taken during a theatrical production / a still (from a movie)
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
报幕 報幕 bào mù announce the items on a (theatrical) program
汇演 匯演 huì yǎn joint performance syn
武侠 武俠 wǔ xiá martial arts chivalry (Chinese literary, theatrical and cinema genre) / knight-errant syn
性价比 性價比 xìng jià bǐ cost-performance ratio
全本 quán běn whole edition / whole performance (of Chinese opera)
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
班主 bān zhǔ leader of a theatrical troupe
戏剧化 戲劇化 xì jù huà theatrical
听书 聽書 tīng shū to listen to a performance of pinghua storytelling 評話|评话[ping2hua4] / to listen to an audiobook
水袖 shuǐ xiù flowing sleeves (part of theatrical costume)
上海戏剧学院 上海戲劇學院 shàng hǎi xì jù xué yuàn Shanghai Theatrical Institute
piào ticket / ballot / banknote / CL:張|张[zhang1] / person held for ransom / amateur performance of Chinese opera / classifier for groups, batches, business transactions syn
theatrical work (play, opera, TV series etc) / dramatic (change, increase etc) / acute / severe 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
做张做势 做張做勢 zuò zhāng zuò shì to put on an act (idiom) / to pose / to show theatrical affectation / to indulge in histrionics
做张做智 做張做智 zuò zhāng zuò zhì to put on an act (idiom) / to pose / to show theatrical affectation / to indulge in histrionics
包袱底儿 包袱底兒 bāo fu dǐ r family heirloom / most precious family possession / person's secrets / one's best performance
开台锣鼓 開臺鑼鼓 kāi tái luó gǔ opening gong / gong strokes announcing start of opera performance
开台 開臺 kāi tái start of play / opening of theatrical performance syn
出戏 出戲 chū xì (of an actor) to disengage from the performance (e.g. after the show ends) / (of an audience) to lose interest in the performance
剧坛 劇壇 jù tán the world of Chinese opera / theatrical circles
新剧同志会 新劇同志會 xīn jù tóng zhì huì New Play Comrade Society, Chinese theatrical company founded in 1912, a continuation of the Spring Willow Society 春柳社[Chun1 liu3 she4]
春柳 chūn liǔ Spring Willow Society, pioneering Chinese theatrical company set up in Tokyo in 1906, part of New Culture Movement 新文化運動|新文化运动[Xin1 Wen2 hua4 Yun4 dong4], continued in China from 1912 as 新劇同志會|新剧同志会[Xin1 ju4 Tong2 zhi4 hui4]
春柳剧场 春柳劇場 chūn liǔ jù chǎng Spring Willow Society, pioneering Chinese theatrical company set up in Tokyo in 1906, part of New Culture Movement 新文化運動|新文化运动[Xin1 Wen2 hua4 Yun4 dong4], continued in China from 1912 as 新劇同志會|新剧同志会[Xin1 ju4 Tong2 zhi4 hui4]
春柳社 chūn liǔ shè Spring Willow Society, pioneering Chinese theatrical company set up in Tokyo in 1906, part of New Culture Movement 新文化運動|新文化运动[Xin1 Wen2 hua4 Yun4 dong4], continued in China from 1912 as 新劇同志會|新剧同志会[Xin1 ju4 Tong2 zhi4 hui4]
替身演员 替身演員 tì shēn yǎn yuán substitute actor (esp. in fights of theatrical stunts) / stuntman
烟花粉黛 煙花粉黛 yān huā fěn dài woman / prostitute / lovemaking / literary or theatrical form in Tang, Song and Yuan
自报家门 自報家門 zì bào jiā mén to introduce oneself / originally a theatrical device in which a character explains his own role
华林 華林 huá lín Hualinbu, Ming dynasty theatrical troupe in Nanjing
华林部 華林部 huá lín bù Hualinbu, Ming dynasty theatrical troupe in Nanjing
游艺团 遊藝團 yóu yì tuán group of actors or acrobats at a fair / theatrical troupe
镜框舞台 鏡框舞台 jìng kuàng wǔ tái theatrical set
头牌 頭牌 tóu pái tablet announcing the name of leading actor in a theatrical production / by extension, the lead role
常德丝弦 常德絲弦 cháng dé sī xián Changde sixian, theatrical folk music style with singing in Changde dialect accompanied by traditional string instruments
大打出手 dà dǎ chū shǒu to come to blows / to start a fight / (derived from the term for a type of theatrical fight scene, 打出手[da3 chu1 shou3]) syn
草台班子 草臺班子 cǎo tái bān zi small, poorly-equipped theatrical troupe that tours small towns and villages / (fig.) makeshift band of individuals / rough and ready outfit
打脸 打臉 dǎ liǎn to put on theatrical makeup / (neologism c. 2014) to debunk sb's claim / to put egg on sb's face
更高性能 gēng gāo xìng néng high performance
先期录音 先期錄音 xiān qī lù yīn (filmmaking) to prerecord a musical soundtrack to which actors will later synchronize their performance during filming
对口词 對口詞 duì kǒu cí dialogue (for stage performance)
履约保证金 履約保證金 lǚ yuē bǎo zhèng jīn performance bond (international trade)
搭桌 dā zhuō charity performance (theater in former times)
书馆儿 書館兒 shū guǎn r teashop with performance by 評書|评书 story tellers
歌筵 gē yán a feast which also has a singing performance
演出地点 演出地點 yǎn chū dì diǎn performance place / CL:處|处[chu4]
走票 zǒu piào amateur performance (in theater)
钢琴演奏 鋼琴演奏 gāng qín yǎn zòu piano performance
性能试验 性能試驗 xìng néng shì yàn performance trial
考绩制度 kǎo jì zhì duó Performance Appraisal System
考绩期 kǎo jì qī performance period
绩效管理工作组 jì xiào guǎn lǐ gōng zuò zǔ Working Group on Performance Management
吸附剂效率 performance of the adsorbent
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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