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京剧 Jīngjù “Beijing opera” in Chinese

Traditional 京劇

What 京剧 means

  1. Beijing opera

Measure word 场 chǎng or 出 chū · 一场京剧 yì chǎng Jīngjù

How to say 京剧

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale京Jīng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale剧jù4th tone, falling

京剧 in a sentence

  1. 我第一次看京剧，觉得很有意思。

    Wǒ dìyī cì kàn Jīngjù, juéde hěn yǒu yìsi.

    It was my first time seeing Peking opera, and I found it really interesting.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 我爷爷特别喜欢听京剧。

    Wǒ yéye tèbié xǐhuan tīng Jīngjù.

    My grandpa loves listening to Peking opera.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 京剧 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 京 (jīng) with each of its parts in a different colour
京jīngcapital city of a countryJīng in 京剧
  • 亠lid · tóu
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 小small · xiǎo

Memory aidDrawn from a tall building on a rise: the capital.

The character 剧 (jù) with each of its parts in a different colour
剧jùtheatrical work
  • 居to live · jīSound part
  • 刂knife form of 刀 · dāoMeaning part

刂 hints at the meaning (knife); 居 (jī) hints at the sound. Compare it with jù.

How to write 京剧

京 8 strokes · 剧 10 strokes

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京剧 (Jīngjù) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 京剧 (Jīngjù). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 京剧

Words with 京

北京Běijīng · Beijing

Words with 剧

戏剧xìjù · drama加剧jiājù · to intensify急剧jíjù · sharp剧烈jùliè · violent剧本jùběn · script (for a play or film)

More words: School, Work & Culture

法律fǎlǜ · law功夫gōngfu · time and effort规定guīdìng · to stipulate国籍guójí · nationality聚会jùhuì · party举行jǔxíng · to hold (a meeting民族mínzú · nationality社会shèhuì · society

FAQs

京剧 (Jīngjù) means “Beijing opera”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it Jīngjù: Jīng with a 1st tone, then jù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 京剧 is written 京劇. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 场 (chǎng) or 出 (chū). For example, one Beijing opera is 一场京剧 (yì chǎng Jīngjù).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jingju with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 京剧 from the suggestions. Typing jingju into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
京剧 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.