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Beijing opera in Chinese

Beijing opera · HSK 4

京剧 jīng jù

  1. 京 jīng capital city
  2. 剧 jù drama

Counted with 出: 一出京剧 yì chū jīngjù

爷爷很喜欢听京剧。 Grandpa loves listening to Peking opera.

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How do you say beijing opera in Chinese?

Beijing opera in Chinese is 京剧 (jīng jù).

Which word should I use?

Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

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The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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