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Peking opera

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A form of traditional Chinese theatre which combines music, vocal performance, mime, dance and acrobatics.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

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Across languages

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  • Chinese Cantonese: 京劇 /京剧 (ging1 kek6) — form of Chinese theatre
  • Chinese: 京戲 /京戏 (zh-min-nan) — form of Chinese theatre
  • Chinese Mandarin: 京劇 /京剧 (Jīngjù) — form of Chinese theatre
  • Chinese Mandarin: 京戲 /京戏 (Jīngxì) — form of Chinese theatre
  • Chinese Mandarin: 國劇 /国剧 (Guójù) — form of Chinese theatre
  • Chinese Mandarin: 平劇 /平剧 (Píngjù) — form of Chinese theatre
  • Finnish: Pekingin ooppera — form of Chinese theatre
  • French: opéra de Pékin — form of Chinese theatre
  • French: opéra de Beijing — form of Chinese theatre
  • German: Peking-Oper — form of Chinese theatre
  • German: Pekingoper — form of Chinese theatre
  • Hungarian: pekingi opera — form of Chinese theatre
  • Japanese: 京劇 (Kyōgeki) — form of Chinese theatre
  • Japanese: ジンジュウ (Jinjū) — form of Chinese theatre
  • Korean: 경극 (Gyeonggeuk) — form of Chinese theatre
  • Mongolian: Бээжин дуурь (Beežin duurʹ) — form of Chinese theatre
  • Russian: пеки́нская о́пера (pekínskaja ópera) — form of Chinese theatre
  • Russian: цзинцзю́й (czinczjúj) — form of Chinese theatre
  • Vietnamese: Kinh kịch — form of Chinese theatre
  • Vietnamese: kinh hí — form of Chinese theatre