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

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǔyì

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩˇ ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kuk¹ ngai⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khiok-gē
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷chioq-gni; ⁷chiuq-gni

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǔyì
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩˇ ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyǔyì
    • Wade–Giles: chʻü³-i⁴
    • Yale: chyǔ-yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheuyih
    • Palladius: цюйи (cjuji)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kuk¹ ngai⁶
    • Yale: kūk ngaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kuk⁷ ngai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: kug¹ ngei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊk̚⁵ ŋɐi̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiok-gē
    • Tâi-lô: khiok-gē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qiokge
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ ɡe⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰiɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ɡe²²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰiɔk̚³²⁻⁵ ɡe²²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷chioq-gni; ⁷chiuq-gni
    • MiniDict: chioh^入 nyi; chiuih^入 nyi
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴qioq-nyi; ⁴qyq-nyi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕʰioʔ³³ n̠ʲi⁴⁴/, /t͡ɕʰyɪʔ³³ n̠ʲi⁴⁴/

Noun

曲藝

1. quyi; a category of traditional, usually non-staged, Chinese vocal art forms such as ballad singing (唱曲 (chàngqǔ) or 彈唱／弹唱 (tánchàng)), 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)