lion dance

English

lion dance

Etymology

Calque from Chinese 獅子舞／狮子舞 (shīziwǔ).

Noun

lion dance (plural lion dances)

1. A traditional Chinese dance where performers mimic a lion's movements in a lion costume.

Translations

Chinese dance

• Arabic: رَقَص الأَسَد m (raqaṣ al-ʔasad)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 舞獅／舞狮 (mou⁵ si¹)

  Hokkien: 弄獅／弄狮 (zh-min-nan) (lāng-sai)

  Mandarin: 舞獅／舞狮 (zh) (wǔshī), 獅子舞／狮子舞 (zh) (shīziwǔ), 耍獅／耍狮 (shuǎshī)

• Dutch: leeuwendans m
• Finnish: leijonatanssi
• French: danse du lion (fr) f
• German: Löwentanz m
• Hungarian: oroszlántánc
• Indonesian: barongsai (id)
• Italian: danza del leone f
• Japanese: 獅子舞 (ししまい, shishimai)
• Javanese: barongsai
• Korean: 사자무(獅子舞) (ko) (sajamu), 사자춤 (sajachum)
• Malay: tarian singa (ms)
• Polish: taniec lwów m
• Portuguese: dança do leão f
• Russian: та́нец льва m (tánec lʹva)
• Spanish: danza del león f
• Sundanese: barongsai
• Swedish: lejondans c
• Thai: การเชิดสิงโต (gaan-chə̂ət sǐng-dtoo)
• Ukrainian: та́нець ле́ва m (tánecʹ léva)
• Vietnamese: múa lân, múa sư tử, múa lân-sư-rồng

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