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戲劇

戲劇

See also: 戏剧

Chinese

		trick; drama; play trick; drama; play; show	drama; play; show drama; play; show; severe
trad. (戲劇)		戲	劇
simp. (戏剧)		戏	剧

Noun

戲劇

(uncountable) drama; dramatic art; theatre
(countable) play; piece of theatre (Classifier: 部 m; 齣／出 m)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xìjù

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˋ ㄐㄩˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hei³ kek⁶
Min Nan (POJ): hì-kio̍k / hì-kia̍k / hì-ke̍k

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: xìjù
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˋ ㄐㄩˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shihjiw
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕy⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hei³ kek⁶
  - Yale: hei kehk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hei³ kek⁹
  - IPA ^(key): /hei̯³³ kʰɛːk̚²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hì-kio̍k
  - Tâi-lô: hì-kio̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hie'kiok
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kiɔk̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hi¹¹⁻⁵³ kiɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hi²¹⁻⁴¹ kiɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hi²¹⁻⁵³ kiɔk̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hì-kia̍k
  - Tâi-lô: hì-kia̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hie'kiak
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hi²¹⁻⁵³ kiak̚¹²¹/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hì-ke̍k
  - Tâi-lô: hì-ki̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hie'kek
  - IPA (Taipei): /hi¹¹⁻⁵³ kiɪk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hi²¹⁻⁴¹ kiɪk̚⁴/