HSK 5 · Media

戏剧 xìjù “drama” in Chinese

Traditional 戲劇

What 戏剧 means

  1. drama
  2. play
  3. theatre
  4. script of a play

How to say 戏剧

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale戏xì4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale剧jù4th tone, falling

戏剧 in a sentence

  1. 他们不是在打架，而是在排练戏剧。

    Tāmen bú shì zài dǎjià, ér shì zài páiliàn xìjù.

    They aren’t fighting – they’re rehearsing a play.

    Sentence #2045075 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他们把这本小说变成戏剧。

    Tāmen bǎ zhè běn xiǎoshuō biànchéng xìjù.

    They adapted the novel into a play.

    Sentence #795996 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 他在大学主修戏剧。

    Tā zài dàxué zhǔxiū xìjù.

    He majored in drama at university.

    Sentence #848810 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 戏剧 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 戏 (xì) with each of its parts in a different colour
戏xìtrick
  • 又again · yòu
  • 戈halberd · gē
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 戏剧

戏 6 strokes · 剧 10 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 戏剧

Words with 戏

游戏yóuxì · game

Words with 剧

京剧Jīngjù · Beijing opera加剧jiājù · to intensify急剧jíjù · sharp剧烈jùliè · violent剧本jùběn · script (for a play or film)

More words: Media & Arts

摄影shèyǐng · to take a photograph神话shénhuà · legend诗shī · poem文学wénxué · literature印刷yìnshuā · to print乐器yuèqì · musical instrument展览zhǎnlǎn · to put on display字幕zìmù · caption

FAQs

戏剧 (xìjù) means “drama” or “play”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it xìjù: xì with a 4th 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, 戏剧 is written 戲劇. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xiju with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 戏剧 from the suggestions. Typing xiju into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
戏剧 is an HSK 5 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.