悲劇

See also: 悲剧

Chinese

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value),[1] first attested in 《清稗類鈔》 in 1917.

Pronunciation

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Noun

悲劇

  1. tragedy (dramatic genre)
  2. (figurative) tragedy (event causing great suffering) (Classifier: m;  m)

Antonyms

Adjective

悲劇

  1. tragic

Synonyms

  • (neologism, euphemistic) 杯具 (bēijù)

References

  1. 汉语外来词词典 [Chinese Loanword Dictionary] (in Chinese), 1984, page 123

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
げき
Grade: 6
on’yomi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [çiɡe̞kʲi]

Noun

()(げき) • (higeki) 

  1. tragedy (type of theatrical work)
    (かの)(じょ)(さい)(しん)(さく)(ひん)()(げき)というよりも(かな)しい(もの)(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.
  2. tragedy (event causing great suffering)

Antonyms

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

Noun

悲劇 • (bigeuk) (hangeul 비극)

  1. Hanja form? of 비극 (tragedy).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

悲劇

  1. chữ Hán form of bi kịch (tragedy).
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