Peking opera

English

Noun

Peking opera (countable and uncountable, plural Peking operas)

1. (music) A form of traditional Chinese theatre which combines music, vocal performance, mime, dance and acrobatics.

Synonyms

• Beijing opera
• jingju
• jingxi

Translations

form of Chinese theatre

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 京劇／京剧 (ging¹ kek⁶)

  Hokkien: 京戲／京戏 (zh-min-nan) (kiaⁿ-hì)

  Mandarin: 京劇／京剧 (zh) (Jīngjù), 京戲／京戏 (zh) (Jīngxì), 國劇／国剧 (zh) (Guójù) (chiefly Taiwan), 平劇／平剧 (zh) (Píngjù) (chiefly Taiwan)

• Finnish: Pekingin ooppera
• French: opéra de Pékin m, opéra de Beijing m
• German: Peking-Oper f, Pekingoper f
• Hungarian: pekingi opera
• Japanese: 京劇 (きょうげき, Kyōgeki), ジンジュウ (Jinjū)
• Korean: 경극(京劇) (Gyeonggeuk)
• Mongolian: Бээжин дуурь (Beežin duurʹ)
• Russian: пеки́нская о́пера f (pekínskaja ópera), цзинцзю́й m (czinczjúj)
• Vietnamese: Kinh kịch (京劇), kinh hí

See also

• Yueju opera
• Shaoxing Opera
• Cantonese opera

Further reading

• “Peking opera, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “Peking opera”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.