悲劇

See also: 悲剧

Chinese

 
sad; sadness; sorrow
sad; sadness; sorrow; grief
 
drama; play; show
drama; play; show; severe
trad. (悲劇)
simp. (悲剧)

Pronunciation


Noun

悲劇

  1. tragedy (dramatic genre)
  2. (figurative) tragedy (event causing great suffering) (Classifier: m;  m)

Antonyms

Adjective

悲劇

  1. tragic

Synonyms

  • (neologism, euphemistic) 杯具 (bēijù)

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
げき
Grade: 6
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

()(げき) (higeki) 

  1. tragedy (type of theatrical work)
    (かの)(じょ)(さい)(しん)(さく)(ひん)()(げき)というよりも(かな)しい(もの)(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

Noun

悲劇 (bigeuk) (hangeul 비극)

  1. Hanja form? of 비극 (tragedy).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term

Noun

悲劇

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