晋剧 (jìnjù): Shanxi opera

Meanings

1 Shanxi opera
2 Jin opera (also called 中路梆子 or 山西梆子)

Characters

晋

Examples

晋剧是山西中部最流行的剧种。

Jìnjù shì Shānxī zhōngbù zuì liúxíng de jùzhǒng.

Jin opera is the most popular theatrical form in central Shanxi.

他是著名的晋剧表演艺术家。

Tā shì zhùmíng de jìnjù biǎoyǎn yìshùjiā.

He is a famous Jin opera performing artist.

Tips

culture

Also known as 中路梆子 or 山西梆子, 晋剧 branched off from 蒲剧 (southern Shanxi opera) and spread across the central Shanxi plain. 晋 is the classical short name for Shanxi, from the ancient state of Jin.

Stroke Order

晋 Jìn

剧 jù

Related Words

评剧 píngjù

Pingju opera / Ping opera (traditional regional opera of northern China)

闽剧 mǐnjù

Fujian opera / Min opera (opera of eastern Fujian and Taiwan)

京剧脸谱 jīngjùliǎnpǔ

Peking opera facial makeup / Peking opera painted faces

豫剧 yùjù

Henan opera / Yu opera

赣剧 gànjù

Gan opera / Jiangxi opera

沪剧 hùjù

Shanghai opera / Hu opera

湘剧 xiāngjù

Xiang opera / Hunan opera

晋级 jìnjí #3,058

to advance (to the next level) / to be promoted / to move up in rank

歌剧 gējù HSK 7 #6,551

opera

狗血剧 gǒuxiějù

melodramatic soap opera / cheesy over-the-top drama (with clichéd twists like amnesia, long-lost siblings, terminal illness)