Meanings
nounPeking opera (countable and uncountable, plural Peking operas)
plural Peking operas
- countableuncountableentertainmentA form of traditional Chinese theatre which combines music, vocal performance, mime, dance and acrobatics.
Synonyms: Beijing opera, jingju, jingxi
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA form of traditional Chinese theatre which combines music, vocal performance, mime, dance and acrobatics.
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Chinese Cantonese 京劇 /京剧
- 京劇 /京剧 (ging¹ kek⁶)form of Chinese theatre
Chinese Mandarin 京劇 /京剧, 京戲 /京戏
- 京劇 /京剧 (Jīngjù)form of Chinese theatre
- 京戲 /京戏 (Jīngxì)form of Chinese theatre
- 國劇 /国剧 (Guójù)form of Chinese theatre
- 平劇 /平剧 (Píngjù)form of Chinese theatre
Finnish Pekingin ooppera
- Pekingin oopperaform of Chinese theatre
French opéra de Pékin, opéra de Beijing
- opéra de Pékinform of Chinese theatre
- opéra de Beijingform of Chinese theatre
German Peking-Oper, Pekingoper
- Peking-Operform of Chinese theatre
- Pekingoperform of Chinese theatre
Hungarian pekingi opera
- pekingi operaform of Chinese theatre
Japanese 京劇, ジンジュウ
- 京劇 (Kyōgeki)form of Chinese theatre
- ジンジュウ (Jinjū)form of Chinese theatre
Korean 경극
- 경극 (Gyeonggeuk)form of Chinese theatre
Russian пеки́нская о́пера, цзинцзю́й
- пеки́нская о́пера (pekínskaja ópera)form of Chinese theatre
- цзинцзю́й (czinczjúj)form of Chinese theatre
Vietnamese Kinh kịch, kinh hí
- Kinh kịchform of Chinese theatre
- kinh híform of Chinese theatre
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