剧场 jùchǎng theater
How to remember 剧场: 剧 theatrical plays + 场 measure word for games and performances = theater.
Characters
How it is used
- A theater (venue for performances) - 走进剧场 (zǒujìn jùchǎng) to enter the theater; measure word 座 (zuò).
- The physical hall where plays/operas are staged.
- Contrast 剧院 (jùyuàn, theater/opera house, often grander institution) and 电影院 (diànyǐngyuàn, cinema) - 剧场 is the performance venue for live drama.
Example sentences
- 请问剧场后门在哪？ Qǐngwèn jùchǎng hòumén zài nǎ?Where is the stage door?
- 昨晚他希望他去了剧场。 Zuówǎn tā xīwàng tā qù le jùchǎng.He wishes he had gone to the theater last night.
- 剧场里涌出一大群人。 Jùchǎng lǐ yǒngchū yīdàqún rén.A stream of people came out of the theater.