戏
剧

A drama in Chinese: 戏剧 (xì jù)

xì jù

a drama

HSK 3.0 Level 5Traditional: 戲劇2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1a drama; a play; theater
  2. 2script of a play

Stroke order

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戏
剧

Zhuyin

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ㄒㄧˋ

xì

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iˋ/ fourth tone

ㄐㄩˋ

jù

ㄐ/ jㄩ/ üˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

戏剧

Simplified

戲劇

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 汤姆和玛丽的故事富有戏剧性。

    tāng mǔ hé mǎ lì de gù shì fù yǒu xì jù xìng。

    Tom and Mary's story is very theatrical.

  • 他们不是在打架，而是在排练戏剧。

    tā men bú shì zài dǎ jià， ér shì zài pái liàn xì jù。

    They aren't quarreling, but are rehearsing a play.

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Related words

戏

xì

trick

剧

jù

theatrical work (play, opera, TV series etc)

游戏

yóu xì

game

京剧

jīng jù

Beijing opera

话剧

huà jù

stage play

剧场

jù chǎng

theater

悲剧

bēi jù

tragedy

剧本

jù běn

script for play, opera, movie etc

喜剧

xǐ jù

comedy

戏曲

xì qǔ

Chinese opera

编剧

biān jù

to write a play

歌剧

gē jù

Western opera

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