劇作家

Chinese

		drama; play; show drama; play; show; severe	to regard as; to take (someone) for; to do to regard as; to take (someone) for; to do; to make	home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
trad. (劇作家)		劇	作	家
simp. (剧作家)		剧	作	家

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jùzuòjiā

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kek⁶ zok³ gaa¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kio̍k-chok-ka

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jùzuòjiā
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jyùzuòjia
  - Wade–Giles: chü⁴-tso⁴-chia¹
  - Yale: jyù-dzwò-jyā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuhtzuohjia
  - Palladius: цзюйцзоцзя (czjujczoczja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kek⁶ zok³ gaa¹
  - Yale: kehk jok gā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kek⁹ dzok⁸ gaa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: kég⁶ zog³ ga¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɛːk̚² t͡sɔːk̚³ kaː⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kio̍k-chok-ka
  - Tâi-lô: kio̍k-tsok-ka
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiogzokkaf
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /kiɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ka⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɔk̚²⁴⁻² t͡sɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ ka³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁵ ka⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /kiɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ka⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ka⁴⁴/

Noun

劇作家

playwright; dramatist; screenwriter

Synonyms

編劇／编剧 (biānjù)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
劇	作	家
げき Grade: 6	さく > さっ Grade: 2	か Grade: 2
on'yomi

Kanji in this term
劇	作	家
げき Grade: 6	さく Grade: 2	か Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

By surface analysis, 劇作(げきさく) (gekisaku) + 家(か) (-ka).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) げきさっか [gèkísákká] (Heiban – [0])
(Tokyo) げきさくか [gèkísákúká] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ɡe̞kʲisa̠k̚ka̠]
IPA^(key): [ɡe̞kʲisa̠kɯ̟ka̠]

Noun

劇(げき)作(さっ)家(か) or 劇(げき)作(さく)家(か) • (gekisakka or gekisakuka)

playwright, dramatist

Korean

Hanja in this term
劇	作	家

Noun

劇作家 • (geukjakga) (hangeul 극작가)

hanja form^? of 극작가 (“playwright, dramatist”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
劇	作	家

Noun

劇作家

chữ Hán form of kịch tác gia (“playwright, dramatist; screenwriter”)