此剧 (cǐ jù) — this drama; this play | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

pronoun

this dramathis play

Measure word · 部

此剧，。
Wǒ zuì jìn zài kàn cǐ jù, jù qíng fēi cháng jīng cǎi.
I've been watching this drama recently; the plot is very exciting.
此剧。
cǐ jù De dǎo yǎn shì yí wèi hěn yǒu míng de yì shù jiā.
The director of this drama is a very famous artist.
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Guān zhòng duì cǐ jù de píng jià fēi cháng gāo.
The audience's evaluation of this drama is very high.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

此 shows 止 (feet) and 人 (person), drawing a person stopping, to mean 'this' or 'here.'

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.