Bilingual Vocabulary Flashcards

noun · jié zòu

The pattern of long and short sounds in time.

聲音長短在時間中的排列。

The qiḷaun sets a rhythm the dancers follow.

鼓設定了舞者跟隨的節奏。

noun · sù dù

How fast or slow the music moves.

音樂進行的快慢。

The tempo speeds up as the story reaches its peak.

故事到高潮時速度加快。

noun · xuán lǜ

The tune you can sing back.

可以哼唱出來的曲調。

花鼓戲 melodies come from Hunan folk songs.

花鼓戲的旋律來自湖南民歌。

noun phrase · yī chàng yī hè

One voice sings and a group answers back.

一人先唱，眾人回應。

Dance songs often use call and response.

舞歌常用一唱一和的形式。

noun (Chinese) · huā gǔ xì

Hunan flower-drum opera — a lively local music theater.

湖南花鼓戲，活潑的地方戲曲。

《劉海砍樵》 is a famous Huaguxi duet.

《劉海砍樵》是著名的花鼓戲對唱。

noun · dǎ jī yuè qì

Instruments you strike, shake, or scrape.

以敲、搖、刮發聲的樂器。

Both traditions build their sound on percussion.

兩個傳統都以打擊樂器為基礎。

noun · hé zòu tuán tǐ

A group performing together as one.

一起演出、如同一體的團體。

The drum ensemble breathes as a single body.

鼓隊像同一個身體般呼吸。

noun · jí xìng

Making music or movement up in the moment.

當下即時創作音樂或動作。

Iñupiaq motion dance leaves room for improvisation.

伊努皮亞克的動作舞留有即興空間。

noun · biān wǔ

The planned pattern of movements in a dance.

舞蹈中設計好的動作安排。

The choreography retells a hunt with the arms alone.

編舞僅用手臂就重述了一場狩獵。

noun phrase · xù shì wǔ

Iñupiaq dance where set motions tell a specific story.

伊努皮亞克以固定動作講述特定故事的舞蹈。

In motion dance, every gesture has a meaning.

在敘事舞中，每個手勢都有意義。

noun · yīn sè

The particular color or quality of a sound.

聲音特有的色彩與質地。

A skin drum and a wooden clapper have different timbre.

皮鼓與木梆的音色不同。

noun · qiáng ruò

How loud or soft the music becomes.

音樂的大聲與小聲變化。

Sudden dynamics make the audience lean in.

突然的強弱變化讓觀眾傾身靠近。

adjective · wǔ shēng yīn jiē de

Built from a five-note scale.

由五個音構成的音階。

Many Chinese folk tunes are pentatonic.

許多中國民歌是五聲音階的。

noun · yí shì

A formal event that marks something sacred or important.

標記神聖或重要事件的正式活動。

Songs belong to ceremony, not only to the stage.

歌屬於儀式，而不只是舞台。

noun · qǔ mù

The collection of pieces a group knows and performs.

一個團體會演出的作品集合。

Each village keeps its own repertoire of songs.

每個村莊都有自己的曲目。

noun · qiē fēn yīn

Accents that land off the expected beat.

落在非預期拍點上的重音。

Syncopation makes the dance feel like it is lifting.

切分音讓舞蹈有上揚的感覺。

noun phrase · mín jiān xì qǔ

Local theater that mixes song, speech, and dance.

結合唱、白、舞的地方戲劇。

Huaguxi is a folk opera born in village courtyards.

花鼓戲是誕生於村落庭院的民間戲曲。

noun · shū qíng xìng

A songlike, feeling-filled quality.

如歌般充滿情感的特質。

《比古調》 is loved for its lyricism and humor.

《比古調》以抒情與幽默著稱。

idiom (Chinese) · qín sè hé míng

Two instruments sounding in harmony — people in accord.

兩種樂器和諧共鳴，比喻人事和睦。

The duet ends in 琴瑟和鳴.

這段對唱以琴瑟和鳴收尾。

noun phrase · shēn tǐ xìng xué xí

Learning through the body — moving, drumming, dancing.

透過身體動作、擊鼓、舞蹈來學習。

Embodied learning teaches what words cannot.

身體性學習教會語言無法傳達的東西。

noun (Chinese) · luó

A struck bronze gong that punctuates Chinese opera.

中國戲曲中用來斷句與提氣的銅鑼。

The 鑼 tells the audience a scene has turned.

一聲鑼響，觀眾就知道戲轉了。

noun (Chinese) · suǒ nà

A loud double-reed horn used at weddings and funerals alike.

婚喪喜慶都用得上的高亢雙簧管樂器。

One 嗩吶 can fill an entire village with sound.

一支嗩吶就能填滿整個村子。

noun (Chinese) · huā gǔ

The flower drum that names Hunan 花鼓戲.

湖南花鼓戲得名的那面鼓。

The 花鼓 keeps the feet honest and the story moving.

花鼓管住腳步，也推著故事往前。

noun (Chinese) · shēn duàn

Stylized stage movement — how the body speaks in opera.

戲曲中程式化的身體動作與姿態。

In 花鼓戲, 身段 says what the words leave out.

在花鼓戲裡，身段說出唱詞沒說的話。

noun · qí chàng / qí zòu

Everyone singing or playing exactly the same line.

所有人唱或奏完全相同的旋律。

Drumming in unison is a community sounding like one body.

齊奏的鼓聲，是整個社群像一個身體在發聲。

noun · dié jù

The line that returns after every verse.

每段之後重複出現的句子。

A refrain is how a song teaches itself to a crowd.

疊句是一首歌教會人群的方式。

noun · gù dìng yīn xíng

A short pattern repeated over and over underneath the music.

在音樂下方不斷重複的短小音型。

The drum's ostinato is the heartbeat of the dance.

鼓的固定音型，就是舞蹈的心跳。

noun · zhōng zhǐ shì

The way a musical phrase comes to rest.

樂句到達休止的方式。

You can hear the cadence before you can name it.

你能先聽出終止式，之後才會叫它的名字。

noun · chí xù dī yīn

A single continuous tone held under a melody.

襯在旋律之下持續不斷的單音。

Wind across the tundra is a natural drone.

掠過苔原的風，是天然的持續低音。

noun phrase · kǒu chuán

Music passed person to person by ear, not by written score.

不靠樂譜、以耳相傳的音樂傳承方式。

Both qiḷaun songs and 花鼓戲 live by oral transmission.

鼓歌與花鼓戲，都靠口傳而活。