慘劇

Chinese

		miserable; wretched; cruel miserable; wretched; cruel; inhuman; seriously; badly; tragic	drama; play; show drama; play; show; severe
trad. (慘劇)		慘	劇
simp. (惨剧)		惨	剧

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cǎnjù

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄢˇ ㄐㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caam² kek⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhám-kio̍k / chhám-kia̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cǎnjù
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄢˇ ㄐㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǎnjyù
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻan³-chü⁴
    • Yale: tsǎn-jyù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaanjiuh
    • Palladius: цаньцзюй (canʹczjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰän²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕy⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caam² kek⁶
    • Yale: cháam kehk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaam² kek⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cam² kég⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːm³⁵ kʰɛːk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhám-kio̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tshám-kio̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhafmkiok
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /t͡sʰam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kiɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kiɔk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhám-kia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tshám-kia̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhafmkiak
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiak̚¹²¹/

Noun

慘劇

1. dreadful, fatal event; tragic event; calamity; disaster (Classifier: 場／场; 次; 種／种)

Synonyms

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• 亂兒／乱儿 (luànr) (dialectal)
• 人禍／人祸 (rénhuò) (man-made disaster)
• 劫 (jié) (Buddhism)
• 劫煞 (Hokkien)
• 劫難／劫难 (jiénàn)
• 厄 (literary, or in compounds)
• 大禍／大祸 (dàhuò) (major catastrophe)
• 大難／大难 (dànàn) (major catastrophe)
• 天災／天灾 (tiānzāi) (natural disaster)
• 央厄 (yāng'è) (literary)
• 奇禍／奇祸 (qíhuò) (literary, unexpected disaster)
• 巨禍／巨祸 (jùhuò) (literary)
• 患 (huàn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 慘事／惨事 (cǎnshì)
• 慘禍／惨祸 (cǎnhuò) (tragic accident)
• 沙𧐔 (sua¹ sab⁴) (Teochew)
• 浩劫 (hàojié)
• 災／灾 (zāi) (literary, or in compounds)
• 災劫／灾劫 (zāijié) (literary)
• 災厄／灾厄 (zāi'è) (literary)
• 災害／灾害 (zāihài)
• 災殃／灾殃 (zāiyāng)
• 災禍／灾祸 (zāihuò)
• 災變／灾变 (zāibiàn) (literary, natural disaster)
• 災難／灾难 (zāinàn)
• 癰疽／痈疽 (yōngjū) (figurative)
• 眚沴 (shěnglì) (literary)
• 禍／祸 (huò) (literary, or in compounds)
• 禍事／祸事 (huòshì)
• 禍害／祸害 (huòhài)
• 禍息／祸息 (ho⁵ si⁶) (Xiang)
• 禍患／祸患 (huòhuàn)
• 禍殃／祸殃 (huòyāng)

 

• (Min Nan) 青慘代／青惨代

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (慘劇):

• → Korean: 참극(慘劇) (chamgeuk)