師奶劇

Chinese

		married woman	drama; play; show drama; play; show; severe
trad. (師奶劇)		師奶	劇
simp. (师奶剧)		师奶	剧
Literally: “drama for middle-aged married women”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ naai^5-1 kek⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si¹ naai^5-1 kek⁶
    • Yale: sī nāai kehk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ naai^5-1 kek⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ nai^5-1 kég⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ naːi̯¹³⁻⁵⁵ kʰɛːk̚²/

Noun

師奶劇

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, derogatory) cheesy soap opera (Classifier: 套 c; 部 c; 齣／出 c)
   • 2019 June 19, 成報娛樂部, “李佳芯賀收視送奶露 郭晉安撐馬國明攞視帝”, in 《成報》 [Sing Pao Daily News], page B01:

     馬明坦言此劇題材有別於一般師奶劇，估不到反應如此好，證明觀眾接受這類題材 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     马明坦言此剧题材有别于一般师奶剧，估不到反应如此好，证明观众接受这类题材 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     maa⁵ ming⁴ taan² jin⁴ ci² kek⁶ tai⁴ coi⁴ jau⁵ bit⁶ jyu¹ jat¹ bun¹ si¹ naai^5-1 kek⁶, gu² bat¹ dou³ faan² jing³ jyu⁴ ci² hou², zing³ ming⁴ gun¹ zung³ zip³ sau⁶ ze² leoi⁶ tai⁴ coi⁴ [Jyutping]

     Kenneth Ma frankly says that the theme of this drama series is different from those of usual soap operas while being unexpectedly well received, and it shows that the audience welcome such theme.

See also

• 肥皂劇 / 肥皂剧 (féizàojù)
• 膠劇 / 胶剧