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I want to describe a puppet show we saw. It was in a theatre and performed by professional puppeteers. I found three terms for puppet: 人形, 木偶, and 傀儡. I couldn't find anything for puppeteer.

Here's my wild guess at saying, "We saw a puppet show. The puppeteers were from Taiwan."

我们一起去看木偶戏剧。木偶者是台湾人。

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  • Yes, there doesn't seem to be a word for putteteer. Before I've seen people use 操纵木偶的人. – BertR Jun 7 '12 at 5:30
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A "puppet show" can be called 木偶戏, 木偶剧, 傀儡戲、人偶戲、or 人偶劇 .

You can refer specifically to a puppeteer as 操纵木偶者 or simply (遮蔽)操纵者. But to refer to puppeteers in general, I feel that 操纵木偶的艺人(们) would be more appropriate.

So for your phrase, one way of saying it would be 我们去看了一个木偶戏/剧。操纵木偶的艺人们是从台湾来的。

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  • Thanks, my teacher was really impressed with the vocabulary when I gave my presentation, so I confessed that I had help. – Don Kirkby Jun 11 '12 at 5:35
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Perhaps 操偶師 ?

It literally means "the master who controls the puppet."

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  • Doesn't seem to be used in mainland China. – deutschZuid Jun 10 '12 at 23:21
  • @JamesJiao Actually it's okay, but most used in formal occasion or in writting. – Shou Ya Jun 11 '12 at 3:58
  • Thanks for the suggestion, and welcome to the Chinese Language Stack Exchange site. – Don Kirkby Jun 11 '12 at 5:37

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