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舞台剧 (wǔ tái jù) — stage play

Definition

noun
stage play
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Examples

  • 舞台剧。
    Wǒ zuì jìn kàn le yí bù hěn jīng cǎi de wǔ tái jù.
    I recently watched a very wonderful stage play.
  • 舞台剧。
    Zhè bù wǔ tái jù shì gēn jù zhēn shí gù shi gǎi biān de.
    This stage play is adapted from a true story.
  • 舞台剧。
    Tā shì yí wèi zhù míng de wǔ tái jù dǎo yǎn.
    He is a famous stage play director.

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.

舞台stage
舞wǔdance台táiplatform
偏正Modifier + head
剧jùplay

舞台 names the performance platform, and 剧 names the play performed there.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
舛舛chuǎnsteps, feet in convergent direction
Sound part声符shēngfú
無
無wú舞wǔ
Same sound today

舞 combines 舛, showing feet in converging steps, with 無 above. 無 gave the sound and also preserved its older meaning of dancing, so the shape points to dancing.

Open 舞 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 臺; 台 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 台 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (窗台, 电视台) it is 臺; in others (台灯, 台球) (台风) it is 檯 or 台 or 颱.

The traditional form 臺 is the 喬 + 室 form; earlier versions combined a sound part with 室, and an old reading saw it as a watch tower.

Open 台 →

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.

Open 剧 →
Appears in
Film & Theater

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