劇場

劇場

See also: 剧场

Chinese

		drama; play; show drama; play; show; severe	courtyard; open space; place courtyard; open space; place; field; a measure word; (a measure word, used for sport or recreation)
trad. (劇場)		劇	場
simp. (剧场)		剧	场

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jùchǎng, jùcháng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˋ ㄔㄤˇ, ㄐㄩˋ ㄔㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kek⁶ coeng⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): kio̍k-tiûⁿ / kia̍k-tiôⁿ / ke̍k-tiûⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: jùchǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˋ ㄔㄤˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiwchaang
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, literary variant)⁺
    • Pinyin: jùcháng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˋ ㄔㄤˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiwcharng
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: kek⁶ coeng⁴
    • Yale: kehk chèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kek⁹ tsoeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: kég⁶ cêng⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰɛːk̚² t͡ʃʰœ̽ːŋ²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kio̍k-tiûⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: kio̍k-tiûnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiogdviuu
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɔk̚⁴⁻³² tiũ²³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɔk̚²⁴⁻²² tiũ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /kiɔk̚⁴⁻³² tiũ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kia̍k-tiôⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: kia̍k-tiônn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiagdviooi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiak̚¹²¹⁻²¹ tiɔ̃¹³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ke̍k-tiûⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: ki̍k-tiûnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kegdviuu
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiɪk̚⁴⁻³² tiũ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪk̚⁴⁻³² tiũ²³/

Noun

劇場

1. theatre (building where performances are given); theater (Classifier: 個／个)

Synonyms

• 戲院／戏院 (xìyuàn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (劇場):

• → Japanese: 劇場 (げきじょう) (gekijō)
• → Korean: 극장 (劇場, geukjang)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
劇	場
げき Grade: 6	じょう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [ɡe̞kʲiʑo̞ː]

Etymology

Compound of 劇 (geki, “drama”) and 場 (jō, “place”).

Noun

劇場 (hiragana げきじょう, rōmaji gekijō)

1. theater/theatre, playhouse

Synonyms

• シアター (shiatā)
• テアトル (teatoru)
• 演劇場 (えんげきじょう) (engekijō)
• 映 (えい)画 (が)館 (かん) (eigakan): movie theater

Derived terms

• 劇場版 (げきじょうばん) (gekijōban)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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Korean

Hanja in this term
劇	場

Noun

劇場 • (geukjang) (hangeul 극장)

1. Hanja form^? of 극장 (“theater”).