歌剧
gējù
opera
Characters in this word
剧 jù
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 刂 — knife
- Made of
- 居 to live, to reside 刂 knife
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这部歌剧把个人命运放进时代裂缝中，因而比单纯的爱情故事更有力量。 Zhè bù gējù bǎ gèrén mìngyùn fàng jìn shídài lièfèng zhōng, yīn'ér bǐ dānchún de àiqíng gùshi gèng yǒu lìliàng. This opera places individual fate within the cracks of an era, making it more powerful than a simple love story.
- 周末我们去剧院看了一场歌剧。 Zhōumò wǒmen qù jùyuàn kàn le yì chǎng gējù. At the weekend we went to the theatre to see an opera.
- 这位歌剧演员的声音又高又亮，全场都安静了。 Zhè wèi gējù yǎnyuán de shēngyīn yòu gāo yòu liàng, quánchǎng dōu ānjìng le. This opera singer's voice was so high and bright that the whole hall fell silent.