曲藝

曲藝

See also: 曲艺

Chinese

		tune; song; bent tune; song; bent; crooked; wrong	skill; art
trad. (曲藝)		曲	藝
simp. (曲艺)		曲	艺

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǔyì

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩˇ ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kuk¹ ngai⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): khiok-gē

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: qǔyì
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩˇ ㄧˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheuyih
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: kuk¹ ngai⁶
    • Yale: kūk ngaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kuk⁷ ngai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: kug¹ ngei⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰʊk̚⁵ ŋɐi̯²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiok-gē
    • Tâi-lô: khiok-gē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qiokge
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ ge⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰiɔk̚³²⁻⁵ ge²²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰiɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ge²²/

Noun

曲藝

1. quyi; a category of traditional, usually non-staged, Chinese vocal art forms such as ballad singing (唱曲, chàngqǔ), storytelling (說書／说书 (shuōshū)), comic dialogues (小品 (xiǎopǐn)), clapper talk (快板 (kuàibǎn)), and crosstalk (相聲／相声 (xiàngsheng))

Usage notes

The term 曲藝／曲艺 acquired wide usage only after 1949. It is nearly synonymous with the earlier term 說唱／说唱 (shuōchàng).

See also

• 說唱／说唱 (shuōchàng)