List of Chinese television series explained

This is a list of Chinese television series by genre. For a chronological list, see List of Chinese television programs by date.

Modern drama (现代剧)

Action (动作) / Adventure (探险)

• The Lost Tomb (2015)
• The Mystic Nine (2016)
• Candle in the Tomb (2016)
• (2017)
• The Golden Eyes (2018)

Comedy (喜剧)

• I Love My Family (1993)
• Home with Kids (2005)
• Nonstop (2009)
• iPartment (2009)
• Surprise (2013)
• Mad About You (2016)

Crime (犯罪) / Procedural (侦探) / Suspense (悬疑)

• A Sentimental Story (1997)
• Monopoly Exposure (2014)
• Love Me If You Dare (2015)
• Memory Lost (2016)
• When a Snail Falls in Love (2016)
• Medical Examiner Dr. Qin (2016)
• Yu Zui (2016)
• Burning Ice (2017)
• Day and Night (2017)
• Age of Legends (2018)
• Love Journey (2019)
• Dancing in the Storm (2019)
• The Bad Kids (2020)
• Reset (2022)
• Imperfect Victim (2023)
• The Knockout (2023)

Drama (戏剧) / Family (家庭) / Slice-of-life (生活)

• Ke Wang (1990)
• Sinful Debt (1995)
• Silent Tears (2006)
• Struggle (2007)
• Beautiful Life (2007)
• Thank You for Having Loved Me (2007)
• My Youthfulness (2009)
• Stage of Youth (2009)
• I'm a Boss (2009)
• The Big Life (2010)
• Will You Marry Me and My Family (2010)
• Run Daddy Run (2010)
• Sinful Debt 2 (2010)
• Melody of Youth (2011)
• The Bachelor (2012)
• Marriage Cuisine (2014)
• Tiger Mom (2015)
• Ode to Joy (2016)
• To Be a Better Man (2016)
• Housing (2016)
• In the Name of People (2017)
• Midnight Diner (2017)
• The First Half of My Life (2017)
• Dear My Friends (2017)
• Mother's Life (2018)
• All Is Well (2019)
• The World Between Us (2019)
• Nothing But Thirty (2020)
• Go Ahead (2020)
• The Bond (2021)
• Meet Yourself (2023)
• To the Wonder (2024)

Fantasy (玄幻) / Science fiction (科幻)

• Magic Touch of Fate (2005)
• Love Weaves Through a Millennium (2015)
• My Amazing Boyfriend (2016)
• The Starry Night, The Starry Sea (2017)
• Moonshine and Valentine (2018)
• Sweet Dreams (2018)
• Lie to Love (2021)
• Three-Body (2023)

Romance (言情)

• Old House Has Joy (1998)
• Love Story in Shanghai (2001)
• Sky Lovers (2002)
• Only You (2002)
• Boy & Girl (2003)
• Sound of Colors (2006)
• Emerald on the Roof (2006)
• Star Boulevard (2006)
• Paris Sonata (2006)
• Fast Track Love (2006)
• Modern Beauty (2007)
• A Mobile Love Story (2008)
• The Girl in Blue (2010)
• Single Princesses and Blind Dates (2010)
• Sunny Happiness (2011)
• Symphony of Fate (2011)
• Sealed with a Kiss (2011)
• The Queen of SOP (2012)
• When Love Walked In (2012)
• Beijing Love Story (2012)
• Drama Go! Go! Go! (2012)
• Flowers in Fog (2013)
• Best Time (2013)
• Destiny by Love (2013)
• Fiancee (2013)
• Boss & Me (2014)
• Scarlet Heart 2 (2014)
• Loving, Never Forgetting (2014)
• Go, Single Lady (2014)
• Love at Second Sight (2014)
• My Sunshine (2015)
• Diamond Lover (2015)
• Beautiful Secret (2015)
• Angel Wings (2016)
• Stay with Me (2016)
• Pretty Li Hui Zhen (2017)
• The Fox's Summer (2017)
• Angelo (2017)
• Shall I Compare You to a Spring Day (2017)
• A Seven-Faced Man (2017)
• Mr. Right (2018)
• Old Boy (2018)
• Only Side by Side with You (2018)
• Here to Heart (2018)
• Summer's Desire (2018)
• The Way We Were (2018)
• My Story for You (2018)
• All Out of Love (2018)
• Never Gone (2018)
• Shallow Lover (2018)
• If I Can Love You So (2019)
• Lucky's First Love (2019)
• River Flows to You (2019)
• See You Again (2019)
• My Girlfriend (2019)
• Find Yourself (2019)
• Tears in Heaven (2019)
• Love is Sweet (2020)
• My Girl (2020)
• Sparkle Love (2020)
• Broker (2020)
• Midsummer Is Full of Hearts (2020)
• The Love You Give Me (2023)

Sports (运动)

• The Whirlwind Girl (2015)
• My Mr. Mermaid (2017)
• The King's Avatar (2019)
• The Prince of Tennis (2019)
• Ping Pong Life (2020)
• Skate into Love (2020)
• My Unicorn Girl (2020)
• Falling Into Your Smile (2021)

Youth (青春）

• Meteor Shower (2009)
• One and a Half Summer (2014)
• Addicted (2016)
• With You (2016)
• Love O2O (2016)
• Operation Love (2017)
• Rush to the Dead Summer (2017)
• A Love So Beautiful (2017)
• My Huckleberry Friends (2017)
• I Won't Get Bullied by Girls (2018)
• Meteor Garden (2018)
• Sweet Combat (2018)
• The Brightest Star in the Sky (2019)
• Put Your Head on My Shoulder (2019)
• Le Coup de Foudre (2019)
• Go Go Squid! (2019)
• Another Me (2019)
• Unrequited Love (2019)
• A Little Reunion (2019)
• Secret in the Lattice(2021)
• When We Were Young (2021)
• Hidden Love (2023)
• When I Fly Towards You (2023)

Workplace (职场)

• Ad Mania (2013)
• The Interpreter (2016)
• Surgeons (2017)
• Game of Hunting (2017)
• Negotiator (2018)
• In Youth (2018)
• Our Glamorous Time (2018)
• In Youth (2019)

Period drama (年代剧)

Drama (戏剧)

• A Leaf in the Storm (2003)
• The Spring River Flows East (2005)
• Moment in Peking (2005)
• Soldiers Sortie (2006)
• Shanghai Bund (2007)
• The Road We Have Taken (2009)
• In That Distance Place (2009)
• Love in Sun Moon Lake (2009)
• My Chief and My Regiment (2009)
• Moment in Peking (2014)
• Red Sorghum (2014)
• White Deer Plain (2017)
• Great Expectations (2018)
• Flesh and Spirit (2018)
• Entering a New Era (2018)
• Like a Flowing River (2018)
• Winter Begonia (2019)
• The Little Nyonya (2020)
• Forward Forever (2020)

Fantasy (玄幻)

• (2015)
• Guardian (2018)
• The Eight (2020)
• Love and Redemption

Romance (言情)

• A Romance in Shanghai (1996)
• Love Is Payable (1997)
• Romance in the Rain (2001)
• The Story of a Noble Family (2003)
• Affair of Half a Lifetime (2003)
• To Live to Love (2006)
• Love at First Fight (2007)
• The Epic of a Woman (2009)
• Love in a Fallen City (2009)
• Entangling Love in Shanghai (2010)
• Too Late to Say I Love You (2010)
• Lady & Liar (2015)
• Legend of Fragrance (2015)
• Cruel Romance (2015)
• Destined to Love You (2015)
• Siege in Fog (2018)
• Arsenal Military Academy (2019)
• Love in a Fallen City (2019)

Spy (谍战) / War (战争)

• Drawing Sword (2005)
• Lurk (2009)
• Tian Xing Jian (2011)
• Jue Ze (2012)
• Arrows in a Bowstring (2013)
• Battle of Changsha (2014)
• Lost in 1949 (2014)
• The Disguiser (2015)
• Decoded (2016)
• Sparrow (2016)
• Rookie Agent Rouge (2016)
• Spy Hunter (2019)
• Autumn Cicada (2020)
• Thin Ice (2023)

Suspense (悬疑)

• Tientsin Mystic (2017)
• The Chronicles of Town Called Jian (2018)
• Please Give Me a Pair of Wings (2019)
• My Roommate Is a Detective (2020)

Ancient dramas (古装剧)

Historical

Biographical / Documentary (传记)

• Towards the Republic (2003)
• Qiao's Grand Courtyard (2006)
• The Legend of Bruce Lee (2008)
• Ren Bishi (2008)
• Taiwan 1895 (2008)
• Huo Yuanjia (2008)
• 1911 (2011)
• Ip Man (2013)
• Mao Zedong (2013)
• Deng Xiaoping at History's Crossroads (2014)
• My Uncle Zhou Enlai (2016)
• Marshal Peng Dehuai (2016)

Historical (历史)

Involves retelling of historical events.

• Zhuge Liang (1985)
• Tang Ming Huang (1990)
• Romance of the Three Kingdoms (1994)
• Wu Zetian (1995)
• Han Liu Bang (1998)
• Shangguan Wan'er (1998)
• Records of Kangxi's Travel Incognito (1998)
• Yongzheng Dynasty (1999)
• Palace of Desire (2000)
• Sun Zi Bing Fa Yu San Shi Liu Ji (2000)
• The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom (2000)
• Qin Shihuang (2001)
• Kangxi Dynasty (2001)
• Qianlong Dynasty (2002)
• Xiaozhuang Mishi (2003)
• The Affaire in the Swing Age (2003)
• The Story of Han Dynasty (2003)
• (2003)
• Huang Taizi Mishi (2004)
• Changping of the War (2004)
• Genghis Khan (2004)
• The Legend of Guan Gong (2004)
• Taizu Mishi (2005)
• The Emperor in Han Dynasty (2005)
• Chuanqi Huangdi Zhu Yuanzhang (2006)
• Wu Zi Bei Ge (2006)
• Founding Emperor of Ming Dynasty (2006)
• Initiating Prosperity (2006)
• The Great Dunhuang (2006)
• Princess Der Ling (2006)
• The Rebirth of a King (2006)
• The Rise of the Tang Empire (2006)
• Secret History of Kangxi (2006)
• The Great Revival (2007)
• Ming Dynasty (2007)
• Ming Dynasty in 1566 (2007)
• Carol of Zhenguan (2007)
• Dongfang Shuo (2008)
• The Qin Empire (2009)
• Zheng He Xia Xiyang (2009)
• Bing Sheng (2009)
• Three Kingdoms (2010)
• The Han Triumph (2010)
• Huang Yanpei (2010)
• The Legend of Yang Guifei (2010)
• A Weaver on the Horizon (2010)
• The Dream of Red Mansions (2010)
• Secret History of Empress Wu (2011)
• (2012)
• Chu Han Zhengxiong (2012)
• Heroes of Sui and Tang Dynasties (2012)
• Su Dongpo (2012)
• King's War (2012)
• Love Amongst War (2012)
• Nos Annees Francaises (2012)
• Heroes in Sui and Tang Dynasties (2013)
• Women of the Tang Dynasty (2013)
• The Legend of Kublai Khan (2013)
• Heroes of Sui and Tang Dynasties (2014)
• Cao Cao (2014)
• The Great Emperor in Song Dynasty (2015)
• The Advisors Alliance (2017)
• The Qin Empire III (2017)
• Secret of the Three Kingdoms (2018)

Costume

Comedy (喜剧)

• My Fair Princess (1998)
• Sunny Piggy (2000)
• Li Wei the Magistrate (2001)
• The Eloquent Ji Xiaolan (2002)
• Love Through Different Times (2002)
• My Fair Princess III (2003)
• Ma Dashuai (2004)
• Li Wei Resigns from Office (2005)
• The Lucky Stars (2005)
• The Legend of Crazy Monk (2010)
• Happy Mother-in-Law, Pretty Daughter-in-Law (2011)
• Unruly Qiao (2011)
• New My Fair Princess (2011)
• Go Princess Go (2015)
• My Amazing Bride (2015)
• Let's Shake It (2017)
• The Eternal Love (2017)
• Oh My General (2017)
• Mengfei Comes Across (2018)
• The Sleuth of the Ming Dynasty (2019)
• The Romance of Hua Rong (2019)
• The Romance of Tiger and Rose (2020)
• Oops The King Is In Love (2020)
• For Married Doctress (2020)

Gong'an (公案)

• The Three Heroes and Five Gallants (1991)
• Amazing Detective Di Renjie (2004)
• Amazing Detective Di Renjie 2 (2006)
• Amazing Detective Di Renjie 3 (2008)
• Justice Bao (2008)
• Justice Bao (2010)
• Mad Detective Di Renjie (2010)
• Da Tang Nü Xun An (2011)
• Young Sherlock (2014)
• The Three Heroes and Five Gallants (2016)
• Maiden Holmes (2020)

Fantasy (玄幻)

Involves fictional characters set in a fictional universe.

• (2016)
• Ice Fantasy (2016)
• A Life Time Love (2017)
• Lost Love in Times (2017)
• (2017)
• Legend of Fuyao (2018)
• The King of Blaze (2018)
• Ever Night (2018)
• L.O.R.D. Critical World (2019)
• (2019)

Historical fiction (古偶)

Involves actual historical characters in a fictional narrative.

• The Prince of Han Dynasty (2001)
• Huo Yunjia (2001)
• Love Legend of the Tang Dynasty (2001)
• Jingwu Yingxiong Chen Zhen (2001)
• Jiangshan Weizhong (2002)
• The Young Wong Fei Hung (2002)
• Hero During Yongle Period (2003)
• High Flying Songs of Tang Dynasty (2003)
• Assassinator Jing Ke (2004)
• How Much Sorrow Do You Have (2005)
• The Prince of Qin, Li Shimin (2005)
• Da Qing Fengyun (2006)
• Da Tang Fu Rong Yuan (2007)
• The Shadow of Empress Wu (2007)
• Beauty's Rival in Palace (2010)
• The Myth (2010)
• Palace (2011)
• The Glamorous Imperial Concubine (2011)
• Beauty World (2011)
• Scarlet Heart (2011)
• Empresses in the Palace (2011)
• Secret History of Princess Taiping (2012)
• Palace II (2013)
• (2014)
• Sound of the Desert (2014)
• Love Yunge from the Desert (2015)
• Legend of Lu Zhen (2013)
• Prince of Lan Ling (2013)
• Hua Mulan (2013)
• The Patriot Yue Fei (2013)
• The Empress of China (2014)
• Legend of Ban Shu (2015)
• The Legend of Mi Yue (2015)
• Singing All Along (2016)
• Chronicle of Life (2016)
• The Imperial Doctress (2016)
• Princess Jieyou (2016)
• God of War, Zhao Yun (2016)
• The Princess Weiyoung (2016)
• The Glory of Tang Dynasty (2017)
• Legend of Dragon Pearl (2017)
• Rule the World (2017)
• Song of Phoenix (2017)
• Nothing Gold Can Stay (2017)
• Untouchable Lovers (2018)
• The Legend of Dugu (2018)
• Story of Yanxi Palace (2018)
• Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace (2018)
• The Legend of Haolan (2019)
• Queen Dugu (2019)
• Chong Er's Preach (2019)
• The Longest Day in Chang'an (2019)
• Empress of the Ming (2019)
• The Wolf (2020)
• Held in the Lonely Castle (2020)
• Ode to Daughter of Great Tang (2020)
• The Legend of Xiao Chuo (2020)
• The Song of Glory (2020)
• The Promise of Chang'an (2020)

Involves fictional characters in actual historical settings.

• The Grand Mansion Gate (2001)
• Jin Mao Xiang (2004)
• The Last Princess (2008)
• Ancestral Temple (2009)
• Dali Princess (2009)
• Perfect Couple (2014)
• Nirvana in Fire (2015)
• General and I (2017)
• Princess Agents (2017)
• The King's Woman (2017)
• Nirvana in Fire 2 (2017)
• Legend of Yunxi (2018)
• The Rise of Phoenixes (2018)
• The Story of Minglan (2018)
• Goodbye My Princess (2019)
• I Will Never Let You Go (2019)
• Princess Silver (2019)
• Legend of the Phoenix (2019)
• Joy of Life (2020)
• Fake Princess (2020)
• Happiness Over Two Lifetime (2020)
• Royal Nirvana (2020)
• In a Class of Her Own (2020)
• Love Is All (2020)
• Miss Truth (2020)

Shenmo (神魔) / Shenhua (神話)

• Ji Gong (1985)
• Journey to the West (1986)
• The Investiture of the Gods (1990)
• Journey to the West (1996)
• Journey to the West – Legends of the Monkey King (1999)
• (2003)
• Lotus Lantern (2005)
• The Fairies of Liaozhai (2007)
• Butterfly Lovers (2007)
• The Legend and the Hero (2007)
• The Legend and the Hero 2 (2009)
• Prelude of Lotus Lantern (2009)
• Ancient Legends (2010)
• Wu Cheng'en and Journey to the West (2010)
• Journey to the West (2010)
• Journey to the West (2011)
• Painted Skin (2011)
• The Holy Pearl (2011)
• Ma Zu (2012)
• The Legend of Chasing Fish (2013)
• The Investiture of the Gods (2014)
• Legend of Nine Tails Fox (2016)
• The Destiny of White Snake (2018)
• The Legend of White Snake (2019)
• The Gods (2019)
• Zhaoge (2020)

Wuxia (武侠)

• Outlaws of the Marsh (1983)
• Dream of the Red Chamber (1987)
• The Book and the Sword (1994)
• The Water Margin (1998)
• Treasure Venture (2000)
• (2001)
• Laughing in the Wind (2001)
• Book and Sword, Gratitude and Revenge (2002)
• Drunken Hero (2002)
• Ode to Gallantry (2002)
• Shaolin King of Martial Arts (2002)
• The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber (2003)
• Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils (2003)
• The Legend of the Condor Heroes (2003)
• Lian Cheng Jue (2004)
• Warriors of the Yang Clan (2004)
• The Dragon Heroes (2005)
• The Proud Twins (2005)
• The Royal Swordsmen (2005)
• Trail of the Everlasting Hero (2005)
• Lost City in Snow Heaven (2005)
• The Return of the Condor Heroes (2006)
• Eight Heroes (2006)
• Eight Charts (2006)
• Romance of Red Dust (2006)
• Seven Swordsmen (2006)
• The Young Warriors (2006)
• The Legend of Chu Liuxiang (2007)
• The Legend of Lu Xiaofeng (2007)
• Sword Stained with Royal Blood (2007)
• The Legend of the Condor Heroes (2008)
• The Book and the Sword (2008)
• Paladins in Troubled Times (2008)
• Rose Martial World (2008)
• Royal Tramp (2008)
• The Shaolin Warriors (2008)
• The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber (2009)
• The Vigilantes In Masks (2010)
• The Patriotic Knights (2010)
• Invincible Knights Errant (2011)
• Kong Que Ling (2011)
• Twin of Brothers (2011)
• All Men Are Brothers (2011)
• The Bride with White Hair (2012)
• The Legend of Chu Liuxiang (2012)
• Romance of the Western Chamber (2013)
• Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils (2013)
• Swordsman (2013)
• Sleek Rat, the Challenger (2013)
• The Deer and the Cauldron (2014)
• The Four (2015)
• Men with Sword (2016)
• The Legend of the Condor Heroes (2017)
• The Flame's Daughter (2018)
• Bloody Romance (2018)
• Heavenly Sword and Dragon Slaying Sabre (2019)
• Listening Snow Tower (2019)
• Under The Power (2019)
• Sword Dynasty (2019)
• New Dragon Gate Inn (2019)
• Legend of Awakening (2020)
• And The Winner Is Love (2020)
• Mei Ren Mu Bai Shou (2020)
• Handsome Siblings (2020)
• Twisted Fate of Love (2020)

Xianxia (仙侠)

• Chinese Paladin (2005)
• Chinese Paladin 3 (2009)
• (2012)
• Swords of Legends (2014)
• Legend of Zu Mountain (2015)
• The Journey of Flower (2015)
• Chinese Paladin 5 (2016)
• Noble Aspirations (2016)
• Eternal Love (2017)
• Fighter of the Destiny (2017)
• (2017)
• Ashes of Love (2018)
• Martial Universe (2018)
• Battle Through the Heavens (2018)
• The Legends (2019)
• The Untamed (2019)
• Love and Destiny (2019)
• Eternal Love of Dream (2020)
• Love and Redemption (2020)
• Immortal Samsara (2022)
• Love You Seven Times (2023)
• The Longest Promise (2023)
• The Starry Love (2023)
• Till The End Of The Moon (2023)

See also

• List of Chinese animated series