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剧

jù

HSK 4 Character Traditional 劇

What 剧 means

1. theatrical work (play, opera, TV series etc)
2. dramatic (change, increase etc)
3. acute
4. severe

Example sentences

• 我在剧场。
  I was at the theater.
• 这是个剧药。
  This medicine has a strong effect.
• 我讨厌歌剧。
  I hate opera.
• 他讨厌歌剧。
  He hates opera.
• 我喜欢歌剧。
  I like opera.
• 你看韩剧吗？
  Do you watch Korean dramas?

Words starting with 剧

• 剧本jù běnscript; screenplay; scenario; libretto
• 剧烈jù lièviolent; acute; severe; fierce
• 剧场jù chǎngtheater
• 剧情jù qíngstory line; plot; drama (genre)
• 剧院jù yuàntheater
• 剧组jù zǔcast and crew; performers and production team
• 剧团jù tuántheatrical troupe
• 剧目jù mùtheatrical piece (play or opera); repertoire; list of plays or operas
• 剧照jù zhàophoto taken during a theatrical production; a still (from a movie)
• 剧痛jù tòngacute pain; sharp pain; twinge
• 剧作家jù zuò jiāplaywright
• 剧毒jù dúhighly toxic; extremely poisonous
• 剧增jù zēngdramatic increase
• 剧社jù shètheater company
• 剧变jù biànto change dramatically; radical change
• 剧坛jù tánthe world of Chinese opera; theatrical circles
• 剧终jù zhōngThe End (appearing at the end of a movie etc)
• 剧透jù tòuplot leak; spoiler
• 剧集jù jí(serialized TV or Internet drama) show; series
• 剧本杀jù běn shāmurder mystery game (role-playing game)
• 剧荒jù huāng(neologism, attested by 2016) TV drama drought; nothing good to watch

Words containing 剧

• 京剧Jīng jùBeijing opera
• 戏剧xì jùa drama; a play; theater; script of a play
• 连续剧lián xù jùserialized drama; dramatic series; show in parts
• 加剧jiā jùto intensify
• 急剧jí jùrapid; sudden
• 电视剧diàn shì jùTV series; TV drama
• 悲剧bēi jùtragedy
• 话剧huà jùstage play; modern drama
• 喜剧xǐ jùa comedy
• 歌剧gē jùWestern opera
• 编剧biān jùto write a play; scenario; dramatist
• 音乐剧yīn yuè jù(theater, cinema) a musical
• 恶作剧è zuò jùpractical joke; prank; to play a practical joke
• 戏剧性xì jù xìngdramatic
• 闹剧nào jùfarce
• 歌剧院gē jù yuànopera house
• 惨剧cǎn jùtragedy; calamity; atrocity
• 舞台剧wǔ tái jùstage play
• 越剧Yuè jùShaoxing opera
• 电影剧本diàn yǐng jù běnscreenplay; film script
• 影剧院yǐng jù yuàncinema; movie theater
• 广播剧guǎng bō jùradio drama
• 舞剧wǔ jùdance drama; ballet
• 戏剧化xì jù huàtheatrical

Characters built on 居

These share the phonetic component 居 (jū), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 据jùaccording to; to act in accordance with; to depend on
• 锯jùa saw; to saw
• 琚jūornamental gems for belt
• 踞jùto be based upon; to squat
• 裾jūgarment
• 倨jù(literary) haughty; arrogant
• 椐jūZelkowa acuminata

Characters that look like 剧

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 距jùto be at a distance of ... from; to be apart from; (bound form) distance…
• 弱ruòweak; feeble; young; inferior; not as good as
• 躯qūhuman body
• 剔tīto scrape the meat from bones; to pick (teeth etc); to weed out
• 眶kuàng(bound form) eye socket; Taiwan pr. kuāng
• 骐qí(literary) black horse

Sounds the same

Read jù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 句sentence; clause; phrase
• 据according to; to act in accordance with; to depend on
• 具tool; device; utensil
• 距to be at a distance of ... from; to be apart from; (bound form) distance…
• 拒to resist; to repel; to refuse
• 聚to assemble; to gather (transitive or intransitive); (chemistry) poly-
• 巨very large; huge; tremendous; gigantic; (colloquial) very; extremely
• 俱(literary) all; both; entirely; without exception; (literary) to be together…
• 惧to fear
• 锯a saw; to saw
• 足excessive
• 炬torch