| 剧 | jù | drama; play; show; severe |
| 剧烈 | jù liè | violent; acute; severe; fierce |
| 戏剧 | xì jù | drama; play; theater |
| 急剧 | jí jù | rapid; sudden |
| 悲剧 | bēi jù | tragedy; CL:出 |
| 加剧 | jiā jù | to intensify; to sharpen; to accelerate; to aggravate; to exacerbate; to embitter |
| 剧本 | jù běn | script for play, opera, movie etc; screenplay |
| 京剧 | jīng jù | Beijing opera; CL:场,出 |
| 剧场 | jù chǎng | theater; CL:个 |
| 话剧 | huà jù | stage play; modern drama; CL:台,部 |
| 剧团 | jù tuán | theatrical troupe |
| 越剧 | Yuè jù | Shaoxing opera |
| 歌剧 | gē jù | western opera; CL:场,出 |
| 剧院 | jù yuàn | theater; CL:家,座 |
| 喜剧 | xǐ jù | comedy; CL:部,出 |
| 舞剧 | wǔ jù | dance drama; ballet |
| 杂剧 | zá jù | a Yuan dynasty form of musical comedy |
| 丑剧 | chǒu jù | absurd drama; farce; disgraceful show |
| 历史剧 | lì shǐ jù | historical drama |
| 剧情 | jù qíng | story line; plot |
| 剧作家 | jù zuò jiā | playwright |
| 编剧 | biān jù | to write a play; scenario; dramatist; screenwriter |
| 演剧 | yǎn jù | to perform a play |
| 电影剧本 | diàn yǐng jù běn | screenplay |
| 连续剧 | lián xù jù | serialized drama; dramatic series; show in parts |
| 上海大剧院 | Shàng hǎi Dà jù yuàn | Shanghai Grand Theater |
| 上海戏剧学院 | Shàng hǎi Xì jù Xué yuàn | Shanghai Theatrical Institute |
| 中央戏剧学院 | Zhōng yāng Xì jù Xué yuàn | Central Academy of Drama |
| 人间喜剧 | rén jiān xǐ jù | La comédie humaine, series of novels by 19th century French novelist Honoré de Balzac 巴尔扎克 |
| 侗剧 | Dòng jù | Dong opera |
| 保留剧目 | bǎo liú jù mù | repertory; stock (in theater) |
| 偶像剧 | ǒu xiàng jù | idol drama; a television series in which the actors are famous superstars |
| 剧增 | jù zēng | dramatic increase |
| 剧坛 | jù tán | the world of Chinese opera; theatrical circles |
| 剧毒 | jù dú | acute poison |
| 剧照 | jù zhào | still pose (in stage work); stage photo |
| 剧社 | jù shè | theater company |
| 剧组 | jù zǔ | cast and crew; performers and production team |
| 剧变 | jù biàn | fast change of scene |
| 剧透 | jù tòu | plot leak; spoiler |
| 博客话剧 | bó kè huà jù | blog drama (netspeak) |
| 古装剧 | gǔ zhuāng jù | costume drama |
| 哑剧 | yǎ jù | to mime; a dumb show |
| 喜歌剧院 | xǐ gē jù yuàn | musical theater; Opéra Comique, Paris |
| 多幕剧 | duō mù jù | play in several acts; full-length drama |
| 峒剧 | Dòng jù | variant of 侗剧 |
| 昆剧 | Kūn jù | Kunqu opera, influential musical theater originating in Kunshan, Jiangsu province in Yuan times |
| 川剧 | Chuān jù | Sichuan opera |
| 广播剧 | guǎng bō jù | radio drama |
| 彝剧 | Yí jù | Yi opera |
