布袋戏偶

布袋戲偶

bùdàixì'ǒu

noun

Measure Word

一个布袋戏偶 gè

Meanings

1 glove puppet (Taiwanese theater tradition)
2 the puppet figure used in 布袋戏 hand-puppet opera

Characters

Examples

台南老师傅亲手雕刻每一个布袋戏偶的脸。

Táinán lǎo shīfu qīnshǒu diāokè měi yí gè bùdàixì'ǒu de liǎn.

The old master in Tainan hand-carves the face of every glove puppet.

霹雳布袋戏偶在年轻一代中很受欢迎。

Pīlì bùdàixì'ǒu zài niánqīng yídài zhōng hěn shòu huānyíng.

Pili glove puppets are very popular among the younger generation.

Tips

culture

布袋戏 (cloth-bag opera) is a Taiwanese / Fujianese hand-puppet tradition where the puppeteer's hand goes inside a fabric body. The Pili (霹雳) franchise modernized it into a TV phenomenon with elaborate sets and CGI.

Stroke Order

布 bù

袋 dài

戏 xì

偶 ǒu