段子

duànzi
  1. item of storytelling or performed dialogue (folk arts)
  2. sketch

CEDICT

  1. (colloquial) short story; joke
  2. (folk arts) short performance
  3. short performance
  4. short story; joke

Wiktionary

  1. 北方许多曲种如各种大鼓、相声、评书等可以一次表演完的节目称为「段子」。
  2. 质地较厚，一面平滑有光彩的丝织品。《水浒传．第二回》：「史进并太公苦留不住，只得安排一个筵席送行。托出一盘，两个段子，一百两花银谢师。」也作「段头」、「缎子」。

重編國語辭典

  1. 相声、评书等曲艺中可以一次表演完的节目。
  2. 缎子／缎子(duànzi)之同义词
  3. 部分
  4. （篇幅短小的）笑话、故事

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 段 duàn
  1. paragraph
  2. section
  3. segment
  4. stage (of a process)
  5. classifier for stories, periods of time, lengths of thread etc
2 子 zi noun suffix, as in 椅子 yǐzi "chair"

Containing this entry

小段子 xiǎoduànzi
  1. short paragraph
  2. news article
段子手 duànzishǒu sb who crafts and delivers witty, humorous or satirical short stories, jokes or punchlines; a wit; a humorist
黄段子 huángduànzi
荤段子 hūnduànzi

Related entries

示意图 shìyìtú
  1. sketch
  2. schematic diagram
  3. graph
素描 sùmiáo sketch
相声 xiàngsheng
  1. comic dialogue
  2. sketch
  3. crosstalk
稿本 gǎoběn
  1. manuscript (of a book etc)
  2. sketch (of a design etc)
剪影 jiǎnyǐng
  1. paper-cut silhouette
  2. outline
  3. sketch
草稿 cǎogǎo
  1. draft
  2. outline
  3. sketch