說書

说书
shuōshū
folk art consisting of storytelling to music

CEDICT

to tell a story (in the folk art of pingshu―“storytelling”)

Wiktionary

  1. 講解書義。
  2. 一種流行於民間的說唱藝術。如宋代的講史、元代的平話以及評話、彈詞等。
  3. 職官名。宋朝設置，陪侍天子內廷講說經書。掌進讀書史，講釋經義，備顧問應對等事。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 說 shuō
  1. to speak; to talk; to say
  2. to explain; to comment
  3. to scold; to tell off
  4. (bound form) theory; doctrine
2 書 shū
  1. book
  2. letter
  3. document
  4. to write

classifiers: 本, 冊, 部

Containing this entry

說書人 shuōshūrén