小小说

xiǎoxiǎoshuō

flash fiction

小说家

Xiǎoshuōjiā

School of Minor-talks, one of the Hundred Schools of Thought [[諸子百家|诸子百家<zhūzǐbǎijiā>]] during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)

非小说

fēixiǎoshuō

non-fiction

小说家

xiǎoshuōjiā

novelist

影射小说

yǐngshèxiǎoshuō

roman à clef

微型小说

wēixíngxiǎoshuō

flash fiction

武侠小说

wǔxiáxiǎoshuō

a martial arts (wuxia) novel

短篇小说

duǎnpiānxiǎoshuō

narrative

中篇小说

zhōngpiānxiǎoshuō

novella

古今小说

GǔjīnXiǎoshuō

Stories Old and New by Feng Menglong [[馮夢龍|冯梦龙<FéngMènglóng>]], collection of late Ming baihua [[白話|白话<báihuà>]] tales published in 1620

史传小说

shǐzhuànxiǎoshuō

historical novel

谴责小说

qiǎnzéxiǎoshuō

novel of denunciation (according to Lu Xun's [[鲁迅]] classification)

通俗小说

tōngsúxiǎoshuō

popular fiction

长篇小说

chángpiānxiǎoshuō

long novel

神魔小说

shénmóxiǎoshuō

supernatural novel

科幻小说

kēhuànxiǎoshuō

science fiction novel

章回小说

zhānghuíxiǎoshuō

novel in chapters, main format for long novels from the Ming onwards, with each chapter headed by a summary couplet

色情小说

sèqíngxiǎoshuō

pornographic novel

虚构小说

xūgòuxiǎoshuō

fiction

言情小说

yánqíngxiǎoshuō

romantic fiction