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)
  • Candle in the Tomb: Mu Ye Gui Shi (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)
  • Crime Crackdown (2021)
  • Imperfect Victim (2023)
  • The Knockout (2023)
  • The Long Season (2023)
  • Justifiable Defense (2025)

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)
  • New Generation (2021)
  • Meet Yourself (2023)
  • To the Wonder (2024)
  • The Best Thing (2025)
  • Love Between Lines (2026)

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)
  • Reset (2022)
  • Three-Body (2023)
  • Mobius (2025)
  • My Page in the 90s (2026)

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)
  • The First Frost (2025)

Sports (运动)

  • The Whirlwind Girl (2015)
  • My Mr. Mermaid (2017)
  • The King's Avatar (2019)
  • The Prince of Tennis (2019)
  • Skate into Love (2020)
  • My Unicorn Girl (2020)
  • Falling Into Your Smile (2021)
  • Ping Pong (2021)
  • Speed and Love (2025)

Youth (青春）

  • Meteor Shower (2009)
  • Back In Time (2014)
  • 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)
  • 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)

  • Wu Xin: The Monster Killer (2015)
  • Guardian (2018)
  • The Eight (2020)
  • Love and Redemption (2020)
  • Shining for One Thing (2022)

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)
  • Couple of Mirrors (2021)

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)
  • Lady Wu: The First Empress (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)
  • The Qin Empire II: Alliance (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)
  • New Life Begins (2022)

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.

  • Novoland: The Castle in the Sky (2016)
  • Ice Fantasy (2016)
  • A Life Time Love (2017)
  • Lost Love in Times (2017)
  • Tribes and Empires: Storm of Prophecy (2017)
  • Legend of Fuyao (2018)
  • The King of Blaze (2018)
  • Ever Night (2018)
  • L.O.R.D. Critical World (2019)
  • Novoland: Eagle Flag (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)
  • Palace 3: The Lost Daughter (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)
  • Destined (2023)

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)
  • Eternity: A Chinese Ghost Story (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)
  • Legendary Fighter: Yang's Heroine (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)
  • Xuan-Yuan Sword: Scar of Sky (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)
  • Xuan-Yuan Sword: Han Cloud (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

References

zh:中国电视剧列表