"Ballad" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 民谣 | mín yáo | ballad / folk song |   |
| 歌谣 | gē yáo | folksong / ballad / nursery rhyme | |
| 小曲 | xiǎo qǔ | popular song / folk tune / ballad | |
| 短歌 | duǎn gē | ballad | |
| 辞 |  cí | to resign / to dismiss / to decline / to take leave / ballad (archaic poetic genre) / variant of 詞|词[ci2] | |
| 讴 | ōu | to sing / ballad / folk song | |
| 芭乐歌 | bā lè gē | (Tw) ballad (loanword) / mainstream song | |
| 死神的歌谣 | sǐ shén de gē yáo | Ballad | |
| 开篇 | kāi piān | start of literary work / opening song of ballad in Tanci style 彈詞|弹词[tan2 ci2] | |
| 坠子 | zhuì zi | weight / pendant / same as 墜胡|坠胡[zhui4 hu2] / ballad singing accompanied by a 墜胡|坠胡[zhui4 hu2] | |
| 谣 | yáo | popular ballad / rumor | |
| 弹词 | tán cí | ballad tune in southern dialects, usually to sanxian 三弦 / or pipa 琵琶 / accompaniment | |
