lion dance

English

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-ʾasad)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 舞獅, 舞狮 (mou⁵ si¹)

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

Min Nan: 弄獅 (zh-min-nan), 弄狮 (lāng-sai)
Dutch: leeuwendans m
Finnish: leijonatanssi
French: danse du lion 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 (ko) (sajamu) (獅子舞 (ko)), 사자춤 (sajachum)
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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