板腔体

板腔體
bǎnqiāngtǐ

the banqiang style (literally, “beat and tune style”), a system of text-setting, used primarily in Chinese opera, in which the music functions as an element subsidiary to the text

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

1 板腔 bǎnqiāng
  1. (music) See 板腔體／板腔体 (bǎnqiāngtǐ).
  2. See 板腔體／板腔体 (bǎnqiāngtǐ).
=2 体 tī
  1. used in 体己 tīji
  2. Taiwan pr. tǐ
=2 体 tǐ
  1. body
  2. form
  3. style
  4. system
  5. substance
  6. to experience
  7. aspect (linguistics)
=2 体 bèn
  1. (historical dictionaries only) name of prison
  2. Used in 体夫 (“pallbearer”).
  3. alternative form of 笨 (bèn, “coarse appearance; inferior”)
  4. name of prison