汉字的四声(平声、上声、仄声和去声) the four tones of Chinese characters， namely， the level tone， the rising tone， the falling-rising tone， and the falling tone
笔画 stroke
部首 radical
偏旁 basic character component
象形文字 pictograph
独角戏 monodrama/one-man play
皮影戏 shadow play
折子戏 opera highlights
单口相声 monologue comic talk
对口相声 comic cross talk
说书 monologue story-telling
传说 legend
