lion dance

English

lion dance

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 獅子舞／狮子舞 (shīziwǔ).

Noun

lion dance (plural lion dances)

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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