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

Noun

悲劇

  1. tragedy (dramatic genre)
  2. (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

  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
悲 劇
ひ
Grade: 3		 げき
Grade: 6
on’yomi

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [çiɡe̞kʲi]

Noun

悲(ひ)劇(げき) • (higeki) 

  1. 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.
  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
悲劇

Noun

悲劇 • (bigeuk) (hangeul 비극)

  1. Hanja form? of 비극 (“tragedy”).

Vietnamese
chữ Hán Nôm in this term
悲劇

Noun

悲劇

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