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

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

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)

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)

Hanja form^? of 극장 (“theater”).