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(ひ)劇(げき) (higeki),^[1] first attested in 《清稗類鈔》 in 1917.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bēijù

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄟㄐㄩˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bei¹ kek⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pî-khiak
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): pi-kio̍k / pi-kia̍k

(Teochew, Peng'im): bui¹ giah⁸

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bēijù
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄟㄐㄩˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: beijyù
  - Wade–Giles: pei¹-chü⁴
  - Yale: bēi-jyù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beijiuh
  - Palladius: бэйцзюй (bɛjczjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕy⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    悲劇 / 悲剧
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    卑劇 / 卑剧
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bei¹ kek⁶
  - Yale: bēi kehk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bei¹ kek⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: béi¹ kég⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯⁵⁵ kʰɛːk̚²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pî-khiak
  - Hakka Romanization System: bi^ˊ kiag^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bi¹ kiag⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /pi²⁴ kʰi̯ak̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General 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/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bui¹ giah⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pui kia̍h
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pui³³⁻²³ kiaʔ⁴/

Noun

悲劇

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

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “tragedy as a dramatic genre”): 喜劇／喜剧 (xǐjù)

Adjective

悲劇

tragic

Synonyms

(neologism, euphemistic) 杯具 (bēijù)

References

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

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ひげき [híꜜgèkì] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [çiɡe̞kʲi]

Noun

悲(ひ)劇(げき) • (higeki)

tragedy (type of theatrical 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”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
悲	劇

Noun

悲劇

chữ Hán form of bi kịch (“tragedy”)