Peking opera

English

Noun

Peking opera (countable and uncountable, plural Peking operas)

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

Synonyms

Translations

form of Chinese theatre

Chinese:
Cantonese: 京劇, 京剧 (ging¹ kek⁶)

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

Min Nan: 京戲 (zh-min-nan), 京戏 (kiaⁿ-hì)
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 (Gyeong-geuk) (京劇 (ko))
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

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