拉洋片

Chinese

		to pull; to play (string instruments); to drag to pull; to play (string instruments); to drag; to draw
trad. (拉洋片)		拉	洋片
simp. ^#(拉洋片)		拉	洋片

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lā yángpiān
(Zhuyin): ㄌㄚㄧㄤˊ ㄆㄧㄢ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lā yángpiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄚㄧㄤˊ ㄆㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: la yángpian
  - Wade–Giles: la¹ yang²-pʻien¹
  - Yale: lā yáng-pyān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lha yangpian
  - Palladius: ла янпянь (la janpjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lä⁵⁵ jɑŋ³⁵ pʰjɛn⁵⁵/

Verb

拉洋片

to give a peepshow (with concurrent storytelling)
- 民教館並為本市五家拉洋片的修改舊片內容，和重新編制一部片子，教給新詞，使看拉洋片的人增加四倍。 [MSC, trad.]
  民教馆并为本市五家拉洋片的修改旧片内容，和重新编制一部片子，教给新词，使看拉洋片的人增加四倍。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1948 June 20, 《民教館增設分館》, in People's Daily, ISSN 1672-8386
  Mínjiàoguǎn bìng wèi běnshì wǔ jiā lā yángpiān de xiūgǎi jiùpiān nèiróng, hé zhòngxīn biānzhì yī bù piānzi, jiāogěi xīncí, shǐ kàn lā yángpiān de rén zēngjiā sì bèi. [Pinyin]
  The People's Education Center have modified the contents of old films for five peepshow cinemas, remade a film and given it new dialogue, increasing peepshow viewers fourfold.

Usage notes

A type of traditional theater from pre-movie times. The audience enjoys a peepshow accompanied by a storyteller (often performing in the style of traditional Chinese theatre). The imagery often depicted Western scenes.

Synonyms

拉大片