Oral performances
口頭表演

• Drama performances 戲劇 - Xiju

• Plays of the marvellous - 傳奇 - Chuanqi
• Kunqu drama - 崑曲 - Kunqu
• Beijing opera - 京劇 - Jingju
• Local opera - 地方劇 - Difang ju
• Huai opera - 淮劇 - Huaiju
• Qin opera - 秦劇 - Qinju
• Yangzhou opera - 揚劇 - Yangju

• Performance genres - 說唱 - Shuochang

• Ballad singing - 清曲 - Qingqu
• Yangzhou balladsinging - 揚州清曲 - Yangzhou qingqu
• Drumtales - 大鼓書 - Dagushu
• Beijing drumtales - 京韻大鼓 - Jingyun dagu
• Danxian drumtales - 單弦 - Danxian
• Manchu gentry tales / Fast tales - 子弟書/快書 - zidishu/kuaishu
• Clappertales - 快版書 - Kuaibanshu
• Shandong clappertales - 山東快書 - Shandong kuaishu
• Storysinging - 彈詞 - tanci
• Suzhou storysinging - 蘇州彈詞 - Suzhou tanci
• Yangzhou storysinging - 揚州弦詞 - Yangzhou xianci
• Storytelling - 評話 / 評書 - Pinghua/Pingshu
• Fuzhou storytelling - 福州平話 - Fuzhou pinghua
• Hangzhou storytelling - 杭州評話 - Hangzhou pinghua
• Sichuan storytelling - 四川評話 - Sichuan pinghua
• Beijing storytelling - 北京評書 - Beijing pingshu
• Tianjin storytelling - 天津評書 - Tianjin pingshu
• Yangzhou storytelling - 揚州評話 - Yangzhou pinghua
• Crosstalk - 相聲 - Xiangsheng