文明戲

See also: 文明戏

Chinese

		civilization; civilized behaviour; manners	trick; drama; play trick; drama; play; show
trad. (文明戲)		文明	戲
simp. (文明戏)		文明	戏
Literally: “civilized drama”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wénmíngxì

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴ ming⁴ hei³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wénmíngxì
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúnmíngsì
    • Wade–Giles: wên²-ming²-hsi⁴
    • Yale: wén-míng-syì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wenmingshih
    • Palladius: вэньминси (vɛnʹminsi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən³⁵ miŋ³⁵ ɕi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: man⁴ ming⁴ hei³
    • Yale: màhn mìhng hei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴ ming⁴ hei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: men⁴ ming⁴ héi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹ mɪŋ²¹ hei̯³³/

Noun

文明戲

1. early form of drama during the 20th century; (crude) stage play (often performed in the local dialect and often unscripted)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 話劇 (“stage play; modern drama”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		話劇
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	話劇, 新劇
	Harbin	話劇
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	話劇, 文明戲 dated
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	文明戲 dated
	Xi'an	話劇
	Xining	話劇
	Xuzhou	話劇
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	話劇
	Lanzhou	話劇
	Ürümqi	話劇
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	話劇
	Wuhan	話劇, 文明戲 dated
	Guiyang	話劇
	Liuzhou	話劇, 白話戲 dated
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	話劇, 文明戲 dated
	Yangzhou	話劇
Cantonese	Hong Kong	話劇
	Taishan	話劇
	Dongguan	話劇, 白話劇
	Nanning	話劇
Gan	Nanchang	文明戲 dated
	Lichuan	話劇
	Pingxiang	話劇
Hakka	Meixian	話劇
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	話劇
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	話劇
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	話劇
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	話劇
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	話劇
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	話劇
Huizhou	Jixi	文明戲 dated
Jin	Taiyuan	話劇
	Xinzhou	話劇
Southern Min	Xiamen	話劇
	Quanzhou	話劇
	Zhangzhou	話劇
	Haikou	話戲
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	話劇
Wu	Shanghai	話劇, 文明戲 dated
	Shanghai (Chongming)	話劇
	Suzhou	話劇, 文明戲
	Danyang	話劇
	Hangzhou	話劇, 文明戲 dated
	Ningbo	話劇, 文明戲
	Wenzhou	話劇, 文明戲 dated
	Jinhua	話劇
Xiang	Changsha	話劇
	Loudi	文明戲