<p>For Cantonese, you can search <a href="https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf=ALeKk017fTxes_-sUXBPGy6CUsV5ILDvmQ:1617424267210&amp;source=univ&amp;tbm=isch&amp;q=%E8%91%97%E5%90%8D%E8%AC%9B%E5%8F%A4%E4%BA%BA&amp;client=firefox-b-d&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjxl5f3nuHvAhWNW80KHagCAYMQjJkEegQIERAB&amp;biw=1596&amp;bih=752" rel="nofollow noreferrer">講古人</a>(story teller)</p>
<p><em>講古佬 is a more casual/ colloquial term for it</em></p>
<ul>
<li><p>講 means 'talk'</p>
</li>
<li><p>古 here doesn't mean 'ancient'. It is short for '古仔' (故事; tales) which include recent events and fictional story</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Since 講古 is strictly a Cantonese term, the people you find on the search would all be Cantonese 评书 or 评话.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E8%AA%AA%E6%9B%B8%E4%BA%BA#Chinese" rel="nofollow noreferrer">説書人</a> is a more literary term for 講古人/ 講古佬</p>
<p>Also, you can look at <a href="https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A3%9F%E7%AF%A4%E7%AC%91" rel="nofollow noreferrer">楝篤笑</a> (Stand-up comedy) performer</p>
<ul>
<li><p>楝篤 =  stand vertical</p>
</li>
<li><p>笑 = 講笑話 (telling jokes)</p>
</li>
</ul>

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<p>I'm trying to find a good Cantonese <em>pingshu</em> performer. I would really like to find something akin to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Boqing" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Li Boqing</a> (李伯清) speaking in Chengduese or <a href="https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E5%90%B4%E6%96%87/85214" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Wu Wen</a> (吴文) speaking in Chongqingese. Something similar to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guo_Degang" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Guo Degang</a>'s (郭德纲) performances would work as well.</p>
<p>Some similarities these actors share:</p>
<ul>
<li>Born no later than '73</li>
<li><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%80%81%E6%B4%BE%E5%8F%91%E9%9F%B3" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Old-school</a> (老派) speakers</li>
<li>Stand-up/storytelling performers</li>
<li>Popular in the ~90s/00s</li>
</ul>
<p>I think there's a good sweet spot of speakers born in the 40s who did well in the 90s and managed avoiding more modern-官话 corruption.</p>
<p>Ideas?</p>

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Cantonese pingshu?
# Cantonese pingshu?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-03-31)

I'm trying to find a good Cantonese *pingshu* performer. I would really like to find something akin to [Li Boqing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Boqing) (李伯清) speaking in Chengduese or [Wu Wen](https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E5%90%B4%E6%96%87/85214) (吴文) speaking in Chongqingese. Something similar to [Guo Degang](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guo_Degang)'s (郭德纲) performances would work as well.

Some similarities these actors share:

* Born no later than '73
* [Old-school](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%80%81%E6%B4%BE%E5%8F%91%E9%9F%B3) (老派) speakers
* Stand-up/storytelling performers
* Popular in the ~90s/00s

I think there's a good sweet spot of speakers born in the 40s who did well in the 90s and managed avoiding more modern-官话 corruption.

Ideas?

**Tags:** cantonese


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2021-04-03. Score: 1

For Cantonese, you can search [講古人](https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf=ALeKk017fTxes_-sUXBPGy6CUsV5ILDvmQ:1617424267210&source=univ&tbm=isch&q=%E8%91%97%E5%90%8D%E8%AC%9B%E5%8F%A4%E4%BA%BA&client=firefox-b-d&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjxl5f3nuHvAhWNW80KHagCAYMQjJkEegQIERAB&biw=1596&bih=752)(story teller)

*講古佬 is a more casual/ colloquial term for it*

* 講 means 'talk'
* 古 here doesn't mean 'ancient'. It is short for '古仔' (故事; tales) which include recent events and fictional story

Since 講古 is strictly a Cantonese term, the people you find on the search would all be Cantonese 评书 or 评话.

Meanwhile, [説書人](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E8%AA%AA%E6%9B%B8%E4%BA%BA#Chinese) is a more literary term for 講古人/ 講古佬

Also, you can look at [楝篤笑](https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A3%9F%E7%AF%A4%E7%AC%91) (Stand-up comedy) performer

* 楝篤 = stand vertical
* 笑 = 講笑話 (telling jokes)

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Could you recommend any specific performers?  

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