悲劇

See also: 悲剧

Chinese

		sad; sadness; sorrow sad; sadness; sorrow; grief	drama; play; show drama; play; show; severe
trad. (悲劇)		悲	劇
simp. (悲剧)		悲	剧

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 悲劇 (ひげき) (higeki)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bēijù

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄟㄐㄩˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bei¹ kek⁶
Min Nan (POJ): pi-kio̍k / pi-kia̍k

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: bēijù
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄟㄐㄩˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beijiw
  - IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕy⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    悲劇／悲剧
    杯具
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bei¹ kek⁶
  - Yale: bēi kehk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bei¹ kek⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: béi¹ kég⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /pei̯⁵⁵ kʰɛːk̚²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pi-kio̍k
  - Tâi-lô: pi-kio̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pi'kiok
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pi⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pi³³ kiɔk̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pi⁴⁴⁻²² kiɔk̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pi-kia̍k
  - Tâi-lô: pi-kia̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pi'kiak
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi⁴⁴⁻²² kiak̚¹²¹/

Noun

悲劇

tragedy (event causing great suffering) (Classifier: 場／场 m; 齣／出 m)
tragedy (dramatic genre)

Antonyms

(tragedy as a dramatic genre): 喜劇／喜剧 (xǐjù)

Adjective

悲劇

tragic

Synonyms

杯具 (bēijù) (euphemism)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
悲	劇
ひ Grade: 3	げき Grade: 6
on’yomi

Noun

悲劇 (hiragana ひげき, rōmaji higeki)

tragedy (type of drama or similar work)
彼 (かの)女 (じょ)の最 (さい)新 (しん)の作 (さく)品 (ひん)は悲 (ひ)劇 (げき)というよりも悲 (かな)しい物 (もの)語 (がたり)だ。
Kanojo no saishin no sakuhin wa higeki to iu yori mo kanashii monogatari da.
Her latest story is more a sad story than a tragedy.
tragedy (event causing great suffering)

Antonyms

喜劇 (きげき) (kigeki, “comedy”)

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
悲	劇

Noun

悲劇 • (bigeuk) (hangeul 비극)

Hanja form^? of 비극 (“tragedy”).

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