亂彈
See also: 乱弹
Chinese
editin confusion; disorderly | bullet; shot; ball bullet; shot; ball; to play (a stringed instrument); to pluck a string; impeach | ||
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trad. (亂彈) | 亂 | 彈 | |
simp. (乱弹) | 乱 | 弹 | |
Literally: “chaotic/disorderly plucking”. |
Etymology
editAn originally derogatory term referring to the tuning system of seven equal divisions of the octave used by local Chinese opera/theater forms during the Qing Dynasty; this system was regarded by some as inferior to the Pythagorean system of tuning, with its twelve divisions of the octave, which had been used during the Ming Dynasty.
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): lyun6 taan4
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lān-thân
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): lonn5 dan2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄢˋ ㄊㄢˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: luàntán
- Wade–Giles: luan4-tʻan2
- Yale: lwàn-tán
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luanntarn
- Palladius: луаньтань (luanʹtanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /lu̯än⁵¹ tʰän³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: lyun6 taan4
- Yale: lyuhn tàahn
- Cantonese Pinyin: lyn6 taan4
- Guangdong Romanization: lün6 tan4
- Sinological IPA (key): /lyːn²² tʰaːn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- Xiang
- (Changsha)
- Wiktionary: lonn5 dan2
- Sinological IPA (key): /lõ²¹⁻¹¹ tan¹³/
- (Changsha)
Noun
edit亂彈
- (mid-Qing dynasty, derogatory) various forms of local Chinese opera that arose during that time
- (music) Alternative name for 秦腔 (Qínqiāng, “Qinqiang; Shaanxi opera”).
- (music) Alternative name for 北管戲/北管戏.
- (Xiang, music) one of the two major types of vocal music in Hunanese opera