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)

Hokkien: 京戲 / 京戏 (zh-min-nan) (kiaⁿ-hì)

Mandarin: 京劇 / 京剧 (zh) (Jīngjù), 京戲 / 京戏 (zh) (Jīngxì), 國劇 / 国剧 (zh) (Guójù) (chiefly Taiwan), 平劇 / 平剧 (zh) (Píngjù) (chiefly Taiwan)
Finnish: Pekingin ooppera
French: opéra de Pékin m, opéra de Beijing m
German: Peking-Oper f, Pekingoper f
Hungarian: pekingi opera
Japanese: 京劇 (ja) (きょうげき, Kyōgeki), ジンジュウ (Jinjū)
Korean: 경극(京劇) (Gyeonggeuk)
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

Further reading

“Peking opera, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
“Peking opera”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.