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HSK 3.0 Level 6

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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

上星剧
shàng xīng jù

satellite television show

戏剧化人格违常
xì jù huà rén gé wéi cháng

histrionic personality disorder (HPD)

影剧院
yǐng jù yuàn

cinema

剧社
jù shè

theater company

哑剧
yǎ jù

to mime

圆形剧场
yuán xíng jù chǎng

amphitheater

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]

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]

徽剧
huī jù

Anhui opera

川剧
chuān jù

Sichuan opera

刷剧
shuā jù

to binge-watch (TV)

历史剧
lì shǐ jù

historical drama

惨剧
cǎn jù

tragedy

连续剧
lián xù jù

serialized drama

话剧
huà jù

stage play

热播剧
rè bō jù

popular show (on TV or other media)

戏剧家
xì jù jiā

dramatist

剧坛
jù tán

the world of Chinese opera

活报剧
huó bào jù

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

彝剧
yí jù

Yi opera

广播剧
guǎng bō jù

radio drama

沪剧
hù jù

Shanghai opera

转剧
zhuǎn jù

becoming acute

IP剧
i p jù

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

偶像剧
ǒu xiàng jù

idol drama

衍生剧
yǎn shēng jù

spin-off series (TV)

悲剧缺陷
bēi jù quē xiàn

tragic flaw (Aristotle's hamartia)

剧终
jù zhōng

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

剧毒
jù dú

highly toxic

剧本
jù běn

script for play, opera, movie etc

锡剧
xī jù

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

昆剧
kūn jù

see 崑曲|昆曲[kūn qǔ]

悲剧
bēi jù

tragedy

上海大剧院
shàng hǎi dà jù yuàn

Shanghai Grand Theater

喜剧
xǐ jù

comedy

默剧
mò jù

pantomime

歌剧院魅影
gē jù yuàn mèi yǐng

The Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber

爱情喜剧
ài qíng xǐ jù

romantic comedy

豫剧
yù jù

Henan opera

舞台剧
wǔ tái jù

stage play

时装剧
shí zhuāng jù

contemporary drama

加剧
jiā jù

to intensify

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]

悲剧性
bēi jù xìng

tragic

戏剧
xì jù

a drama; a play; theater

粤剧
yuè jù

Cantonese opera

穿越剧
chuān yuè jù

time travel series (on TV)

首都剧场
shǒu dū jù chǎng

the Capital Theater (in Beijing)

戏剧性
xì jù xìng

dramatic

戏剧化
xì jù huà

theatrical

喜歌剧院
xǐ gē jù yuàn

musical theater

剧荒
jù huāng

(neologism c. 2016) no tv shows to watch

舞剧
wǔ jù

ballet

保留剧目
bǎo liú jù mù

repertory

剧情
jù qíng

story line

笑剧
xiào jù

comedy

悲喜剧
bēi xǐ jù

tragicomedy

剧痛
jù tòng

acute pain

杂剧
zá jù

a Yuan dynasty form of musical comedy

编剧
biān jù

to write a play

趣剧
qù jù

farce

越剧
yuè jù

Shaoxing opera

演剧
yǎn jù

to perform a play

谑剧
xuè jù

fun and mockery

剧组
jù zǔ

cast and crew

中央戏剧学院
zhōng yāng xì jù xué yuàn

Central Academy of Drama

剧本杀
jù běn shā

murder mystery game (role-playing game)

剧目
jù mù

theatrical piece (play or opera)

急剧
jí jù

rapid; sudden

正剧
zhèng jù

bourgeois tragedy

丑剧
chǒu jù

absurd drama

追剧
zhuī jù

to watch a TV series etc regularly

肥皂剧
féi zào jù

soap opera (loanword)

影剧
yǐng jù

film and theater

网剧
wǎng jù

web series

剧院
jù yuàn

theater

木偶剧
mù ǒu jù

puppet show

恶作剧
è zuò jù

practical joke

剧场
jù chǎng

theater

公地悲剧
gōng dì bēi jù

tragedy of the commons (economics)

博客话剧
bó kè huà jù

blog drama (netspeak)

剧变
jù biàn

to change dramatically

古装剧
gǔ zhuāng jù

costume drama

剧照
jù zhào

photo taken during a theatrical production

歌剧院
gē jù yuàn

opera house

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]

湘剧
xiāng jù

Xiang opera (Hunan)

剧团
jù tuán

theatrical troupe

弃剧
qì jù

to quit watching a TV series

歌剧
gē jù

Western opera

剧烈
jù liè

violent; acute; severe; fierce

蒲剧
pú jù

Puzhou opera of Shanxi Province

秧歌剧
yāng ge jù

Yangge opera, a rural form of theater

戏说剧
xì shuō jù

period costume drama (on TV)

剧增
jù zēng

dramatic increase

剧透
jù tòu

plot leak

谐剧
xié jù

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

闹剧
nào jù

farce

电影剧本
diàn yǐng jù běn

screenplay

剧作家
jù zuò jiā

playwright

京剧
jīng jù

Beijing opera

侗剧
dòng jù

Dong opera

上海戏剧学院
shàng hǎi xì jù xué yuàn

Shanghai Theatrical Institute

电视剧
diàn shì jù

TV series

芗剧
xiāng jù

variety of opera popular in southern Fujian and Taiwan

多幕剧
duō mù jù

play in several acts