声腔

聲腔
shēngqiāng
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 singing style (shared by a family of Chinese opera genres)
  2. 2 vocal tradition

Examples

HSK 6
Jīngjù de shēngqiāng zhǔyào shì píhuáng.
Beijing opera is sung mainly in the pihuang style.
HSK 7-9
Míngdài liúxíng de sìdà shēngqiāng lǐ, Kūnshānqiāng hòulái fāzhǎn chéng le Kūnqǔ.
Of the four great singing styles popular in the Ming, the Kunshan style later grew into Kunqu.

Tips

usage
Chinese opera is sorted two ways: by 剧种, the regional genre, and by 声腔, the family of tunes it sings. One 声腔 runs through many genres, as the 高腔 styles do through 川剧 and 湘剧, and one genre can draw on several.

Stroke Order

声 shēng
腔 qiāng