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Definitions

  1. 1. theatrical work (play, opera, TV series etc)
  2. 2. dramatic (change, increase etc)
  3. 3. acute
  4. 4. severe

Words Containing 剧

京剧
jīng jù

Beijing opera

剧团
jù tuán

theatrical troupe

剧场
jù chǎng

theater

剧情
jù qíng

story line

剧本
jù běn

script for play, opera, movie etc

剧烈
jù liè

violent; acute; severe; fierce

剧目
jù mù

theatrical piece (play or opera)

剧组
jù zǔ

cast and crew

剧院
jù yuàn

theater

加剧
jiā jù

to intensify

喜剧
xǐ jù

comedy

急剧
jí jù

rapid; sudden

悲剧
bēi jù

tragedy

戏剧
xì jù

a drama; a play; theater

歌剧
gē jù

Western opera

编剧
biān jù

to write a play

话剧
huà jù

stage play

连续剧
lián xù jù

serialized drama

电视剧
diàn shì jù

TV series

IP剧
i p jù

screen adaptation (TV series or movie based on an online novel or video game etc)

上星剧
shàng xīng jù

satellite television show

上海戏剧学院
shàng hǎi xì jù xué yuàn

Shanghai Theatrical Institute

上海大剧院
shàng hǎi dà jù yuàn

Shanghai Grand Theater

中央戏剧学院
zhōng yāng xì jù xué yuàn

Central Academy of Drama

人间喜剧
rén jiān xǐ jù

La Comédie humaine, series of novels by 19th century French novelist Honoré de Balzac 巴爾扎克|巴尔扎克[bā ěr zhā kè]

侗剧
dòng jù

Dong opera

保留剧目
bǎo liú jù mù

repertory

偶像剧
ǒu xiàng jù

idol drama

公地悲剧
gōng dì bēi jù

tragedy of the commons (economics)

刷剧
shuā jù

to binge-watch (TV)

剧作家
jù zuò jiā

playwright

剧增
jù zēng

dramatic increase

剧坛
jù tán

the world of Chinese opera

剧本杀
jù běn shā

murder mystery game (role-playing game)

剧毒
jù dú

highly toxic

剧照
jù zhào

photo taken during a theatrical production

剧痛
jù tòng

acute pain

剧社
jù shè

theater company

剧终
jù zhōng

The End (appearing at the end of a movie etc)

剧荒
jù huāng

(neologism c. 2016) no tv shows to watch

剧变
jù biàn

to change dramatically

剧透
jù tòu

plot leak

博客话剧
bó kè huà jù

blog drama (netspeak)

古装剧
gǔ zhuāng jù

costume drama

哑剧
yǎ jù

to mime

喜歌剧院
xǐ gē jù yuàn

musical theater

圆形剧场
yuán xíng jù chǎng

amphitheater

多幕剧
duō mù jù

play in several acts

昆剧
kūn jù

see 崑曲|昆曲[kūn qǔ]

川剧
chuān jù

Sichuan opera

广播剧
guǎng bō jù

radio drama

彝剧
yí jù

Yi opera

影剧
yǐng jù

film and theater

影剧院
yǐng jù yuàn

cinema

徽剧
huī jù

Anhui opera

悲剧性
bēi jù xìng

tragic

悲剧缺陷
bēi jù quē xiàn

tragic flaw (Aristotle's hamartia)

悲喜剧
bēi xǐ jù

tragicomedy

恶作剧
è zuò jù

practical joke

爱情喜剧
ài qíng xǐ jù

romantic comedy

惨剧
cǎn jù

tragedy

戏剧化
xì jù huà

theatrical

戏剧化人格违常
xì jù huà rén gé wéi cháng

histrionic personality disorder (HPD)

戏剧家
xì jù jiā

dramatist

戏剧性
xì jù xìng

dramatic

戏说剧
xì shuō jù

period costume drama (on TV)

新剧同志会
xīn jù tóng zhì huì

New Play Comrade Society, Chinese theatrical company founded in 1912, a continuation of the Spring Willow Society 春柳社[chūn liǔ shè]

春柳剧场
chūn liǔ jù chǎng

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[xīn wén huà yùn dòng], continued in China from 1912 as 新劇同志會|新剧同志会[xīn jù tóng zhì huì]

时装剧
shí zhuāng jù

contemporary drama

木偶剧
mù ǒu jù

puppet show

弃剧
qì jù

to quit watching a TV series

歌剧院
gē jù yuàn

opera house

歌剧院魅影
gē jù yuàn mèi yǐng

The Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber

正剧
zhèng jù

bourgeois tragedy

历史剧
lì shǐ jù

historical drama

活报剧
huó bào jù

political street theater (loanword from Zhivaya Gazeta, or Living Newspaper, Russian theater form of the 1920s)

湘剧
xiāng jù

Xiang opera (Hunan)

沪剧
hù jù

Shanghai opera

演剧
yǎn jù

to perform a play

热播剧
rè bō jù

popular show (on TV or other media)

秧歌剧
yāng ge jù

Yangge opera, a rural form of theater

穿越剧
chuān yuè jù

time travel series (on TV)

笑剧
xiào jù

comedy

粤剧
yuè jù

Cantonese opera

网剧
wǎng jù

web series

肥皂剧
féi zào jù

soap opera (loanword)

舞剧
wǔ jù

ballet

舞台剧
wǔ tái jù

stage play

蒲剧
pú jù

Puzhou opera of Shanxi Province

芗剧
xiāng jù

variety of opera popular in southern Fujian and Taiwan

衍生剧
yǎn shēng jù

spin-off series (TV)

谐剧
xié jù

Xieju opera (ballad and dancing monologue, popular in Sichuan)

谑剧
xuè jù

fun and mockery

豫剧
yù jù

Henan opera

越剧
yuè jù

Shaoxing opera

趣剧
qù jù

farce

转剧
zhuǎn jù

becoming acute

追剧
zhuī jù

to watch a TV series etc regularly

丑剧
chǒu jù

absurd drama

锡剧
xī jù

Wuxi opera (which developed in the area around 無錫|无锡[wú xī])

杂剧
zá jù

a Yuan dynasty form of musical comedy

杂剧四大家
zá jù sì dà jiā

Four Great Yuan Dramatists, namely: Guan Hanqing 關漢卿|关汉卿[guān hàn qīng], Zheng Guangzu 鄭光祖|郑光祖[zhèng guāng zǔ], Ma Zhiyuan 馬致遠|马致远[mǎ zhì yuǎn] and Bai Pu 白樸|白朴[bái pǔ]

电影剧本
diàn yǐng jù běn

screenplay

首都剧场
shǒu dū jù chǎng

the Capital Theater (in Beijing)

闹剧
nào jù

farce

默剧
mò jù

pantomime