木偶戏 puppet show

莲花落 liankualuo, ballad sung to the rhythm of bamboo clappers

民间传说 folk( popular) legend; folklore 

民间故事 folktale；folk story

牌子曲 paiziqu, variety of quyi (telling a story by linking up folk songs and verses for singing, accompanied by musical instrument)

平话 style of storytelling popular in the Song Dynasty (960-1279)

评弹 pingtan(ballad) ( storytelling and ballad singing in Suzhou dialect)

评书 storytelling(by a professional storyteller)

琴书 story-telling (mainly in song, with musical accompaniment)

清唱 singing opera arias( without makeup and acting) 

清音 qing yin ( melody) (a type of ballad singing popular in Sichuan Province)

散曲 sanqu (verse with tonal patterns modeled on tunes drawn from folk music)

双簧 a two-men act; duel performance ( with one speaking or singing while hiding behind the other who does acting)

说书 monologue story-telling with accompaniment and gestures

群口词 rhymed dialogue(by more than two persons) 

绕口令 tongue twist

词话 story-telling interspersed with songs and ballads

大鼓 dagu (drum) (versified story sung to the accompaniment of a small drum and other instruments) 

大鼓书 monologue story-telling in rhythmic language (accompanied by a hand drum)

相声 cross-talk；comic talk；comic ( witty) dialogue；cross (comic cross) talk

说相声 performing a comic dialogue 

单口相声 mono-talk；monologue； comic talk 

三人相声 three-men cross talk

对口唱 musical dialogue in antiphonal style； antiphonal singing

对口词（theatrical) rhymed dialogue