xiàng
sheng

HSK 5
technical
common

Meaning of 相声

相声 means comic dialogue; crosstalk; traditional Chinese comedic performance. Pronounced xiàng sheng. HSK 5.

  • comic dialogue; crosstalk; traditional Chinese comedic performance

Definitions & Examples

Xiàng
sheng
shì
Zhōng
guó
chuán
tǒng
de
xíng
shì
zhī
 

Crosstalk is one of China's traditional folk art forms.

men
biǎo
yǎn
le
duàn
duì
kǒu
xiàng
sheng
 
guān
zhòng
xiào
de
qián
yǎng
hòu
 

They performed a comic dialogue that had the audience rocking back and forth with laughter.

Chuán
tǒng
xiàng
sheng
cháng
cháng
tōng
guò
yōu
fěng
shè
huì
xiàn
xiàng
 

Traditional crosstalk often uses humor to satirize social phenomena.