Comic dialogue in Chinese: 相声 (xiàng sheng)

xiàng sheng

comic dialogue

HSK 3.0 Level 5Traditional: 相聲1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1comic dialogue
  2. 2sketch
  3. 3crosstalk

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Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

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ㄒㄧㄤˋ

xiàng

/ x/ i/ angˋ/ fourth tone

˙ㄕㄥ

sheng

˙/ neutral tone/ sh/ eng

Simplified & traditional

相声

Simplified

相聲

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 他们俩一起说了一段相声。

    tā men liǎ yì qǐ shuō le yí duàn xiàng sheng。

    The two of them performed a crosstalk routine together.

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