Chinese symbol for “theater”
剧场
jù chǎng
Traditional: 劇場
theater; measure word: 座 (zuò)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for theater is 剧场 (jù chǎng), defined as: theater; measure word: 座 (zuò).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “theater”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 剧院 (劇院) | jù yuàn | theater; measure word: 家 (jiā), 座 (zuò) |
| 戏院 (戲院) | xì yuàn | theater; cinema |
| 戏剧 (戲劇) | xì jù | a drama; a play; theater; script of a play |
| 影厅 (影廳) | yǐng tīng | theater (in a cinema) |
| 馆子 (館子) | guǎn zi | restaurant; theater (old) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 剧场.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 电视剧 (電視劇) | diàn shì jù | TV series; TV drama |
| 戏剧 (戲劇) | xì jù | a drama; a play; theater; script of a play |
| 悲剧 (悲劇) | bēi jù | tragedy; 出 (chū) |
| 剧情 (劇情) | jù qíng | story line; plot |
| 剧本 (劇本) | jù běn | script; screenplay; scenario; libretto |
| 编剧 (編劇) | biān jù | to write a play; scenario |
| 市场 (市場) | shì chǎng | marketplace; market; bazaar; (economics) market |
| 现场 (現場) | xiàn chǎng | the scene (of a crime, accident etc); (on) the spot |
See also: Japanese symbol for “theater”.
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.