鬧劇

See also: 闹剧

Chinese

		make noise or disturbance	drama; play; show drama; play; show; severe
trad. (鬧劇)		鬧	劇
simp. (闹剧)		闹	剧

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nàojù

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄠˋ ㄐㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naau⁶ kek⁶
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): nao⁷ giah⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nàojù
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄠˋ ㄐㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nàojyù
    • Wade–Giles: nao⁴-chü⁴
    • Yale: nàu-jyù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nawjiuh
    • Palladius: наоцзюй (naoczjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕy⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: naau⁶ kek⁶
    • Yale: naauh kehk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naau⁶ kek⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: nao⁶ kég⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːu̯²² kʰɛːk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: nao⁷ giah⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nāu kia̍h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nau¹¹ kiaʔ⁴/

Noun

鬧劇

1. (literally, figuratively) farce; slapstick (Classifier: 場／场 m; 齣／出 m; 幕 m)

   但願這場鬧劇很快收場。 [MSC, trad.]
   但愿这场闹剧很快收场。 [MSC, simp.]

   Dànyuàn zhè chǎng nàojù hěn kuài shōuchǎng. [Pinyin]

   I hope this farce ends soon.

   政治鬧劇／政治闹剧  ―  zhèngzhì nàojù  ―  political drama

Synonyms

• (chiefly literally) 笑劇／笑剧 (xiàojù)