to write a play; scenario; dramatist; screenwriter
博客话剧博客話劇bo2 ke4 hua4 ju4
blog drama (netspeak)
惨剧慘劇can3 ju4
tragedy; calamity; atrocity
丑剧醜劇chou3 ju4
absurd drama; farce; disgraceful show
川剧川劇chuan1 ju4
Sichuan opera
春柳剧场春柳劇場chun1 liu3 ju4 chang3
Spring Willow Society, pioneering Chinese theatrical company set up in Tokyo in 1906, part of New Culture Movement 新文化運動|新文化运动, continued in China from 1912 as 新劇同志會|新剧同志会
电视剧電視劇dian4 shi4 ju4
TV play; soap opera
电影剧本電影劇本dian4 ying3 ju4 ben3
screenplay
侗剧侗劇dong4 ju4
Dong opera
峒剧峒劇dong4 ju4
variant of 侗劇|侗剧
多幕剧多幕劇duo1 mu4 ju4
play in several acts; full-length drama
恶作剧惡作劇e4 zuo4 ju4
mischief; mischievous; practical joke; prank
肥皂剧肥皂劇fei2 zao4 ju4
soap opera (loanword)
歌剧歌劇ge1 ju4
Western opera
歌剧院歌劇院ge1 ju4 yuan4
opera house
歌剧院魅影歌劇院魅影ge1 ju4 yuan4 mei4 ying3
The Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber
公地悲剧公地悲劇gong1 di4 bei1 ju4
tragedy of the commons (economics)
古装剧古裝劇gu3 zhuang1 ju4
costume drama
广播剧廣播劇guang3 bo1 ju4
radio drama
沪剧滬劇hu4 ju4
Shanghai opera
话剧話劇hua4 ju4
stage play; modern drama
徽剧徽劇hui1 ju4
Anhui opera
活报剧活報劇huo2 bao4 ju4
lit. living newspaper; comic skit; street performance (e.g. satirical demo)
急剧急劇ji2 ju4
rapid; sudden
加剧加劇jia1 ju4
to intensify; to sharpen; to accelerate; to aggravate; to exacerbate; to embitter
京剧京劇jing1 ju4
Beijing opera
剧本劇本ju4 ben3
script for play, opera, movie etc; screenplay; scenario
剧变劇變ju4 bian4
fast change of scene
剧场劇場ju4 chang3
theater
剧毒劇毒ju4 du2
highly toxic; extremely poisonous
剧烈劇烈ju4 lie4
violent; acute; severe; fierce
剧目劇目ju4 mu4
repertoire; list of plays or operas
剧情劇情ju4 qing2
story line; plot
剧社劇社ju4 she4
theater company
剧坛劇壇ju4 tan2
the world of Chinese opera; theatrical circles
剧痛劇痛ju4 tong4
acute pain; sharp pain; twinge; stab; pang
剧透劇透ju4 tou4
plot leak; spoiler
剧团劇團ju4 tuan2
theatrical troupe
剧院劇院ju4 yuan4
theater
剧增劇增ju4 zeng1
dramatic increase
剧照劇照ju4 zhao4
photo taken during a theatrical production; a still (from a movie)
剧终劇終ju4 zhong1
The End (appearing at the end of a movie etc)
剧组劇組ju4 zu3
cast and crew; performers and production team
剧作家劇作家ju4 zuo4 jia1
playwright
昆剧崑劇kun1 ju4
see 崑曲|昆曲
历史剧歷史劇li4 shi3 ju4
historical drama
连续剧連續劇lian2 xu4 ju4
serialized drama; dramatic series; show in parts
默剧默劇mo4 ju4
dumb show; mime
闹剧鬧劇nao4 ju4
farce
偶像剧偶像劇ou3 xiang4 ju4
idol drama; drama series in which the actors are chosen for their preexisting popularity with young viewers
蒲剧蒲劇pu2 ju4
Puzhou opera of Shanxi Province
趣剧趣劇qu4 ju4
farce
人间喜剧人間喜劇ren2 jian1 xi3 ju4
La comédie humaine, series of novels by 19th century French novelist Honoré de Balzac 巴爾扎克|巴尔扎克
上海大剧院上海大劇院shang4 hai3 da4 ju4 yuan4
Shanghai Grand Theater
上海戏剧学院上海戲劇學院shang4 hai3 xi4 ju4 xue2 yuan4
Shanghai Theatrical Institute
时装剧時裝劇shi2 zhuang1 ju4
contemporary drama
首都剧场首都劇場shou3 du1 ju4 chang3
the Capital Theater (in Beijing)
舞剧舞劇wu3 ju4
dance drama; ballet
锡剧錫劇xi1 ju4
Wuxi 無錫|无锡 opera
喜歌剧院喜歌劇院xi3 ge1 ju4 yuan4
musical theater; Opéra Comique, Paris
喜剧喜劇xi3 ju4
comedy
戏剧戲劇xi4 ju4
drama; play; theater
戏剧化戲劇化xi4 ju4 hua4
theatrical
戏剧化人格违常戲劇化人格違常xi4 ju4 hua4 ren2 ge2 wei2 chang2
histrionic personality disorder (HPD)
戏剧家戲劇家xi4 ju4 jia1
dramatist; playwright
戏剧性戲劇性xi4 ju4 xing4
dramatic
戏说剧戲說劇xi4 shuo1 ju4
period costume drama (on TV)
湘剧湘劇xiang1 ju4
Xiang opera (Hunan)
芗剧薌劇xiang1 ju4
variety of opera popular in southern Fujian and Taiwan
谐剧諧劇xie2 ju4
Xieju opera (ballad and dancing monologue, popular in Sichuan)
新剧同志会新劇同志會xin1 ju4 tong2 zhi4 hui4
New Dramatic Society, Chinese theatrical company from 1912, a continuation of Tokyo Spring Willow Society 春柳社
谑剧謔劇xue4 ju4
fun and mockery
哑剧啞劇ya3 ju4
to mime; a dumb show
演剧演劇yan3 ju4
to perform a play
秧歌剧秧歌劇yang1 ge5 ju4
Yangge opera, a rural form of theater
彝剧彞劇yi2 ju4
Yi opera
影剧影劇ying3 ju4
film and theater; screen and stage
影剧院影劇院ying3 ju4 yuan4
cinema; movie theater
豫剧豫劇yu4 ju4
Henan opera
越剧越劇yue4 ju4
Shaoxing opera
粤剧粵劇yue4 ju4
Cantonese opera
杂剧雜劇za2 ju4
a Yuan dynasty form of musical comedy
杂剧四大家雜劇四大家za2 ju4 si4 da4 jia1
Four Great Yuan Dramatists, namely: Guan Hanqing 關漢卿|关汉卿, Zheng Guangzu 鄭光祖|郑光祖, Ma Zhiyuan 馬致遠|马致远 and Bai Pu 白樸|白朴