{"id":15064,"date":"2020-05-06T09:53:31","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T13:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/?p=15064"},"modified":"2020-05-06T09:53:31","modified_gmt":"2020-05-06T13:53:31","slug":"talking-about-music-in-chinese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/talking-about-music-in-chinese\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking About Music in Chinese"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do you like listening to music<\/strong>? (\u4f60\u559c\u6b22\u542c\u97f3\u4e50\u5417? n\u01d0 x\u01d0 huan t\u012bng y\u012bn yu\u00e8 ma). I don’t know about you, but music<\/strong> (\u97f3\u4e50 y\u012bn yu\u00e8) has always been a huge part of my life. When I was younger, I played the cello<\/strong> (\u5927\u63d0\u7434 d\u00e0 t\u00ed q\u00edn) in my school’s orchestra as well as in an after-school group. When I got to high school, I switched over to the guitar<\/strong> (\u5409\u4ed6 j\u00ed t\u0101) and have been playing ever since. I also love going to concerts<\/strong> (\u97f3\u4e50\u4f1a y\u012bn yu\u00e8 hu\u00ec) and music festivals<\/strong> (\u97f3\u4e50\u8282 y\u012bn yu\u00e8 ji\u00e9). I love talking about music in any language! In this post I’ll share some tips for talking about music in Chinese.<\/p>\n

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A traditional Naxi orchestra in Lijiang, Yunnan.<\/p><\/div>\n

Music Genres in Chinese<\/h2>\n

First of all, let’s start with a basic question: What kind of music do you like<\/strong>? (\u4f60\u559c\u6b22\u4ec0\u4e48\u97f3\u4e50? n\u01d0 x\u01d0 huan sh\u00e9n me y\u012bn yu\u00e8).<\/p>\n

To answer the question, just say I like<\/strong> (\u6211\u559c\u6b22 w\u01d2 x\u01d0 huan) plus the genre of music you like. To make it easier for you, I put together this chart with the Chinese vocabulary for different music genres:<\/p>\n

alternative
\nbluegrass
\nblues
\nclassical
\ncountry
\neasy-listening
\nelectronic
\nfolk music
\nheavy metal
\nhip hop
\njazz
\nopera
\npop
\nrap
\nR&B
\nreggae
\nrock
\nsoul
\ntraditional
\nworld<\/div>
\u53e6\u7c7b
\n\u5170\u8349
\n\u84dd\u8c03
\n\u53e4\u5178
\n\u4e61\u6751
\n\u8f7b
\n\u7535\u5b50
\n\u6c11\u4e50
\n\u91cd\u91d1\u5c5e
\n\u563b\u54c8
\n\u7235\u58eb
\n\u6b4c\u5267
\n\u6d41\u884c
\n\u8bf4\u5531
\n\u8282\u594f\u5e03\u9c81\u65af
\n\u96f7\u9b3c
\n\u6447\u6eda
\n\u7075\u9b42
\n\u4f20\u7edf
\n\u4e16\u754c<\/div>
l\u00ecng l\u00e8i
\nl\u00e1n c\u01ceo
\nl\u00e1n di\u00e0o
\ng\u01d4 di\u01cen
\nxi\u0101ng c\u016bn
\nq\u012bng
\ndi\u00e0n z\u01d0
\nm\u00edn yu\u00e8
\nzh\u00f2ng j\u012bn sh\u01d4
\nx\u012b h\u0101
\nju\u00e9 sh\u00ec
\ng\u0113 j\u00f9
\nli\u00fa x\u00edng
\nshu\u014d ch\u00e0ng
\nji\u00e9 z\u00f2u b\u00f9 l\u01d4 s\u012b
\nl\u00e9i gu\u01d0
\ny\u00e1o g\u01d4n
\nl\u00edng h\u00fan
\nchu\u00e1n t\u01d2ng
\nsh\u00ec ji\u00e8<\/div>
<\/div><\/p>\n

Note that for basically every genre, you can add the word for music to the end:<\/p>\n