悲劇

See also: 悲剧

Chinese

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

Etymology

Wasei kango (和(わ)製(せい)漢(かん)語(ご)), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 悲(ひ)劇(げき) (higeki), first attested in 《清稗類鈔》 in 1917.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bēijù

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟ ㄐㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei¹ kek⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pî-khiak
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pi-kio̍k / pi-kia̍k

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bui¹ giah⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bēijù
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟ ㄐㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: beijyù
    • Wade–Giles: pei¹-chü⁴
    • Yale: bēi-jyù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beijiuh
    • Palladius: бэйцзюй (bɛjczjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕy⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 悲劇 / 悲剧 杯具 卑劇 / 卑剧

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bei¹ kek⁶
    • Yale: bēi kehk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei¹ kek⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi¹ kég⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯⁵⁵ kʰɛːk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pî-khiak
    • Hakka Romanization System: bi^ˊ kiag^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bi¹ kiag⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /pi²⁴ kʰi̯ak̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pi-kio̍k
    • Tâi-lô: pi-kio̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pi'kiok
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pi⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɔk̚⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /pi³³ kiɔk̚²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /pi⁴⁴⁻²² kiɔk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pi-kia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: pi-kia̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pi'kiak
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi⁴⁴⁻²² kiak̚¹²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bui¹ giah⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pui kia̍h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pui³³⁻²³ kiaʔ⁴/

Noun

悲劇

1. tragedy (dramatic genre)
2. (figurative) tragedy (event causing great suffering) (Classifier: 場／场 m; 齣／出 m)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “tragedy as a dramatic genre”): 喜劇／喜剧 (xǐjù)

Adjective

悲劇

1. tragic

Synonyms

• (neologism, euphemistic) 杯具 (bēijù)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
悲	劇
ひ Grade: 3	げき Grade: 6
on'yomi	kan'yōon

Etymology

Calque of English tragedy, from Middle Chinese-derived elements 悲(ひ) (hi, “sad, sorrowful”) + 劇(げき) (geki, “drama; play”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [çiɡe̞kʲi]
• (Tokyo) ひげき [híꜜgèkì] (Atamadaka – [1])

• (Kyōto) ひ​げき [híꜜgèkì] (Kōki)

Noun

悲(ひ)劇(げき) • (higeki) 

1. tragedy (type of theatrical work)

   彼(かの)女(じょ)の最(さい)新(しん)の作(さく)品(ひん)は悲(ひ)劇(げき)というよりも悲(かな)しい物(もの)語(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)

   悲(ひ)劇(げき)に終(お)わる

   higeki ni owaru

   to end in tragedy

Antonyms

• 喜(き)劇(げき) (kigeki, “comedy”)

Derived terms

• ギリシャ悲(ひ)劇(げき) (girisha-higeki, “Greek tragedy”)
• 四(よん)大(だい)悲(ひ)劇(げき) (yon dai-higeki, “Four Great Tragedies (of Shakespeare)”)
• 悲(ひ)劇(げき)的(てき) (higekiteki, “tragic”)
• 悲(ひ)劇(げき)作者(さくしゃ) (higekisakusha, “tragedian (tragic playwright)”)
• 悲(ひ)劇(げき)女(じょ)優(ゆう) (higekijoyū, “tragedienne”)
• 悲(ひ)劇(げき)のヒロイン (higeki no hiroin, “drama queen”)
• 悲(ひ)劇(げき)俳優(はいゆう) (higekihaiyū, “tragedian (tragic actor)”)

Further reading

• “悲劇”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026
• Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
悲	劇

Noun

悲劇 • (bigeuk) (hangeul 비극)

1. hanja form^? of 비극 (“tragedy”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
悲	劇

Noun

悲劇

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