Chinese symbol for “dramatic”
戏剧性
xì jù xìng
Traditional: 戲劇性
dramatic
The closest CC-CEDICT match for dramatic is 戏剧性 (xì jù xìng), defined as: dramatic.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “dramatic”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 剧 (劇) | jù | theatrical work (play, opera, TV series etc); dramatic (change, increase etc) |
| 抓马 (抓馬) | zhuā mǎ | (coll.) (loanword) drama; dramatic; exaggerated |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 戏剧性.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 游戏 (遊戲) | yóu xì | game (场 (chǎng)); to play |
| 戏剧 (戲劇) | xì jù | a drama; a play; theater; script of a play |
| 戏曲 (戲曲) | xì qǔ | Chinese opera |
| 游戏机 (遊戲機) | yóu xì jī | video game machine; video game console |
| 演戏 (演戲) | yǎn xì | to put on a play; to perform |
| 戏院 (戲院) | xì yuàn | theater; cinema |
| 电视剧 (電視劇) | diàn shì jù | TV series; TV drama |
| 悲剧 (悲劇) | bēi jù | tragedy; 出 (chū) |
| 女性 | nǚ xìng | woman; the female sex |
See also: Japanese symbol for “dramatic”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.