说书

說書
shuōshū
folk art consisting of storytelling to music

CEDICT

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

Wiktionary

  1. 讲解书义。
  2. 一种流行于民间的说唱艺术。如宋代的讲史、元代的平话以及评话、弹词等。
  3. 职官名。宋朝设置，陪侍天子内廷讲说经书。掌进读书史，讲释经义，备顾问应对等事。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

=1 说 shuō
  1. to speak; to talk; to say
  2. to explain; to comment
  3. to scold; to tell off
  4. (bound form) theory; doctrine
=1 说 shuō variant of 说 shuō
2 书 shū
  1. book
  2. letter
  3. document
  4. to write

classifiers: 本, 冊, 部

Containing this entry

说书人 shuōshūrén