二人转 / 二人轉

èr​rén​zhuàn

errenzhuan

A genre of folk song-and-dance duet popular in Northeast China, typically performed by a male and female pair using singing, dancing, and comedy sketches, and storytelling accompanied by instruments like the suona or bamboo clappers.

èr​rén​zhuǎn

二 (literal) → 二 · èr · two 人 (literal) → 人 · rén · person 转 (literal) → 转/轉 · zhuàn · to rotate

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created sense May 20, 2026, 07:57 PM