剧目 (jù mù) — a theatrical piece (play or opera); repertoire;… | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

剧目 refers to a specific play or opera, or the repertoire of a theater — the performed work itself, not the written script (剧本) or the art form in general (戏剧).

noun

a theatrical piece (play or opera)repertoirelist of plays or operas

Measure word · 个

Examples

剧目。
Zhè bù jù mù jiǎng shù le yí gè ài qíng gù shi.
This play tells a love story.
。
Zhè ge jù tuán jīn nián tuī chū le sān gè xīn jù mù.
This theater company launched three new plays this year.
剧目。
Wǒ zuì jìn kàn le jǐ gè jīng diǎn de jù mù.
I've watched several classic plays recently.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

剧 (drama) and 目 (item) combine to name a listed play or the repertoire.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 劇; 剧 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

刀刀dāoknife

Sound part声符shēngfú

豦

豦jù劇jù

Same sound today

The traditional form 劇 pairs 豦, which gives the sound, with 刀, a knife; the simplified 剧 is a later shorthand.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

目 began as a drawing of a human eye, turned sideways.

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HSK 3.0 Level 7-9 Film & Theater

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