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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jù | ju4
English translation
drama
play
show
severe
theatrical plays, opera, drama; severe, acute

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

Contains the radical

dāo

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

knife

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

居刂

Semantic compound

dāo

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. dāo represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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积雪 jī xuě de 急剧 jíjù 融化 rónghuà 使 shǐ 滑坡 huá pō Zhōng 的岩 xiè 饱和 bǎohé .

Rapid melting of the snow saturated debris in a large landslide.

我们 wǒmen de 英语 Yīng yǔ 分为 fēn wéi 诗歌 shī gē 戏剧 xìjù 小说 xiǎoshuō děng 单元 dānyuán .

Our English course is divided into modules on poetry, drama, and novels.

wéi 这个 zhè ge 剧本 jùběn xiě le piān 精彩 jīngcǎi de 序言 xùyán .

He has written a fine preface to the play.

hōng dài kān .

I coaxed him into taking me to the theater.

扮演 bànyǎn de 哑剧 yǎ jù zuì 表现力 biǎo xiàn lì de 语言 yǔyán 还要意味深长 yì wèi shēn cháng .

I acted out a pantomine more eloquent than my most expressive words.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
acute
剧本 jùběn screenplay劇本
悲剧 bēi jù tragedy悲劇
电视剧 diàn shì jù TV play電視劇
喜剧 xǐ jù comedy喜劇
戏剧 xìjù drama戲劇
剧院 jù yuàn theater劇院
剧情 jù qíng plot劇情
编剧 biān jù scenario編劇
剧组 jù zǔ cast and crew劇組
剧场 jù chǎng theater劇場
恶作剧 è zuò jù mischief惡作劇
加剧 jiājù to intensify加劇
剧烈 jùliè violent劇烈
歌剧 gē jù Western opera歌劇
话剧 huà jù stage play話劇
急剧 jíjù rapid急劇
戏剧性 xì jù xìng dramatic戲劇性
京剧 Jīngjù Beijing opera京劇
闹剧 nào jù farce鬧劇
连续剧 lián xù jù serialized drama連續劇
剧团 jù tuán theatrical troupe劇團
剧目 jù mù repertoire劇目
惨剧 cǎn jù tragedy慘劇

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Decomposition

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