评弹

Traditional form:

評彈

Pinyin (reading):

píngtán

Definitions:

• pingtan, a traditional Suzhou narrative art that combines storytelling and ballad singing, typically performed by two artists
• also used as a collective term for 評話／评话 (pínghuà) (spoken storytelling) and 彈詞／弹词 (táncí) (sung storytelling)

Characters:

• 评 - to appraise, to criticize, to evaluate
• 弹 - bullet, pellet, shell; elastic, springy

Traditional characters:

• 評 - to appraise, to criticize, to evaluate
• 彈 - bullet, pellet, shell; elastic, springy