cantonese opera
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.05 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A major category of Chinese opera, originating in southern China's Cantonese culture, and involving music, singing, martial arts, acrobatics, and acting.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "My research on Chinese immigrant theater (in the form of Cantonese opera) in nineteenth-century America brought me to San Francisco. From the first documented performance to today's occasional productions, Cantonese opera in the Bay Area has had a continuous history of over a century and a half."