Chinese symbol for “rapping”
说唱
shuō chàng
Traditional: 說唱
speaking and singing, as in various forms of storytelling such as 弹词 (tán cí) and 相声 (xiàng sheng); (music) rapping
The closest CC-CEDICT match for rapping is 说唱 (shuō chàng), defined as: speaking and singing, as in various forms of storytelling such as 弹词 (tán cí) and 相声 (xiàng sheng); (music) rapping.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 说唱.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 说明 (說明) | shuō míng | to explain; to illustrate |
| 小说 (小說) | xiǎo shuō | novel; fiction |
| 说话 (說話) | shuō huà | to speak; to say |
| 听说 (聽說) | tīng shuō | to hear (sth said); one hears (that) |
| 说法 (說法) | shuō fǎ | to expound Buddhist teachings |
| 唱歌 | chàng gē | to sing a song |
| 演唱会 (演唱會) | yǎn chàng huì | vocal recital or concert |
| 演唱 | yǎn chàng | to sing (for an audience); vocal performance |
See also: Japanese symbol for “rapping”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.