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
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kio̍k-tiûⁿ / kia̍k-tiôⁿ / ke̍k-tiûⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): giah⁸ dion⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jùchǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˋ ㄔㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyùchǎng
    • Wade–Giles: chü⁴-chʻang³
    • Yale: jyù-chǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuhchaang
    • Palladius: цзюйчан (czjujčan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, literary variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jùcháng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˋ ㄔㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyùcháng
    • Wade–Giles: chü⁴-chʻang²
    • Yale: jyù-cháng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuhcharng
    • Palladius: цзюйчан (czjujčan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kek⁶ coeng⁴
    • Yale: kehk chèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kek⁹ tsoeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: kég⁶ cêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɛːk̚² t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kio̍k-tiûⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: kio̍k-tiûnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiogdviuu
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɔk̚⁴⁻³² tiũ²³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɔk̚²⁴⁻² 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/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: giah⁸ dion⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kia̍h tiôⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiaʔ⁴⁻² tĩõ⁵⁵/

Noun

劇場

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

Synonyms

• 劇院／剧院 (jùyuàn)
• 園子／园子 (yuánzi) (dated, regional)
• 戲園／戏园 (Hokkien, literary, or Hakka)
• 戲園子／戏园子 (xìyuánzi) (literary)
• 戲院／戏院 (xìyuàn)
• 茶園／茶园 (cháyuán) (dated)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (劇場):

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

Japanese

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) げきじょー [gèkíjóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɡe̞kʲiʑo̞ː]

Noun

劇(げき)場(じょう) • (gekijō) 

1. theater (building where performances are given), playhouse

Synonyms

• シアター (shiatā)
• テアトル (teatoru)
• 演(えん)劇(げき)場(じょう) (engekijō)
• 映(えい)画(が)館(かん) (eigakan, “movie theater”)

Derived terms

• 劇(げき)場(じょう)版(ばん) (gekijōban)

References

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
劇	場

Noun

劇場 • (geukjang) (hangeul 극장)

1. Hanja form^? of 극장 (“theater”).