悲劇

See also: 悲剧

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

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 悲劇 (ひげき) (higeki)

Pronunciation

Noun

悲劇

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

Antonyms

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

Noun

悲劇 (hiragana ひげき, rōmaji higeki)

  1. tragedy (type of drama or similar 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)

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
悲劇

Noun

悲劇 • (bigeuk) (hangeul 비극)

  1. Hanja form? of 비극 (“tragedy”).

Vietnamese
Hán tự in this word
悲劇

Noun

悲劇

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