效果 xiào guǒ result / effect / efficacy / (theater) sound or visual effects syn 剧院 劇院 jù yuàn theater / CL:家[jia1],座[zuo4] syn 上台 shàng tái to rise to power (in politics) / to go on stage (in the theater) syn 戏剧 戲劇 xì jù a drama / a play / theater / script of a play syn 门票 門票 mén piào ticket (for theater, cinema etc) syn 剧场 劇場 jù chǎng theater / CL:座[zuo4] syn 道具 dào jù (theater) prop / paraphernalia / (gaming) item / artifact 音乐剧 音樂劇 yīn yuè jù (theater, cinema) a musical 电影院 電影院 diàn yǐng yuàn cinema / movie theater / CL:家[jia1],座[zuo4] syn 烟花 煙花 yān huā fireworks / prostitute (esp. in Yuan theater) syn 巡回演出 xún huí yǎn chū (theater etc) to tour / to be on tour / to give itinerant performances 布鲁克 布魯克 bù lǔ kè Brook (name) / Peter Brook (1925), British theater director 席位 xí wèi a seat (in a theater, stadium etc) / parliamentary or congressional seat syn 包厢 包廂 bāo xiāng box (in a theater or concert hall) / private room (in a restaurant or karaoke) syn 戏院 戲院 xì yuàn theater syn 影院 yǐng yuàn cinema / movie theater syn 池子 chí zi pond / bathhouse pool / dance floor of a ballroom / (old) stalls (front rows in a theater) syn 后排 後排 hòu pái the back row (in a theater etc) / the rear seats (in a vehicle) 帷幕 wéi mù heavy curtain syn 夜幕 yè mù curtain of night / gathering darkness syn 帘子 簾子 lián zi curtain syn 谢幕 謝幕 xiè mù to take a curtain call / (fig.) to come to an end 落幕 luò mù the curtain drops / the end of the show syn 总司令 總司令 zǒng sī lìng commander-in-chief / top military commander for a country or theater of operations syn 战区 戰區 zhàn qū war zone / combat zone / (military) theater of operations syn 旁白 páng bái aside (theater) / voice-over / background narration 馆子 館子 guǎn zi restaurant / theater (old) syn 爆满 爆滿 bào mǎn filled to capacity (of theater, stadium, gymnasium etc) syn 散场 散場 sàn chǎng (of a theater) to empty / (of a show) to end syn 夜场 夜場 yè chǎng evening show (at a theater etc) / nighttime entertainment venue (bar, nightclub, disco etc) 闭幕 閉幕 bì mù the curtain falls / lower the curtain / to come to an end (of a meeting) syn 实景 實景 shí jǐng real scene (not set up or posed) / real location (not a film studio set or theater) / live action (not animation) syn 拆台 拆臺 chāi tái (theater) to dismantle the stage / (fig.) to pull the rug out from under sb's feet / to undermine sb's plans syn 狂言 kuáng yán ravings / delirious utterances / kyōgen (a form of traditional Japanese comic theater) syn 撩开 撩開 liāo kai to push aside (clothing, curtain etc) to reveal something / to toss aside syn 包场 包場 bāo chǎng to reserve all the seats (or a large block of seats) at a theater, restaurant etc 幕墙 幕牆 mù qiáng curtain wall (architecture) 点将 點將 diǎn jiàng to appoint a general (in theater) / fig. to appoint sb for a task 补票 補票 bǔ piào to buy or upgrade a ticket after boarding a train, boat etc / to buy a ticket for a show after having sat down in the theater 气管炎 氣管炎 qì guǎn yán bacterial tracheitis (inflammation of the windpipe, often caused by Staphylococcus aureus) / henpecked (a pun on 妻子管得嚴|妻子管得严[qi1 zi5 guan3 de5 yan2] used in comic theater) 家庭影院 jiā tíng yǐng yuàn home cinema / home theater 巡演 xún yǎn (theater etc) to tour / to be on tour / to give itinerant performances (abbr. for 巡迴演出|巡回演出[xun2hui2 yan3chu1]) 穿帮 穿幫 chuān bāng (TV or movie) blooper / continuity error / (theater) to flub one's lines / unintended exposure of a body part / to be exposed (of a scheme or trick) / to reveal sth one intended to conceal through a slip of the tongue / to blow one's cover 曲艺 曲藝 qǔ yì folk musical theater 影剧院 影劇院 yǐng jù yuàn cinema / movie theater syn 昆曲 崑曲 kūn qǔ Kunqu opera, influential musical theater originating in Kunshan, Jiangsu province in Yuan times syn 沙家浜 shā jiā bāng "Sha Family's Creek", a Beijing opera classified as model theater 樣板戲|样板戏[yang4 ban3 xi4] 帘幕 lián mù hanging screen / curtain over shop door (for privacy and serving as advertisement) syn 剧社 劇社 jù shè theater company 样板戏 樣板戲 yàng bǎn xì model theater (operas and ballets produced during the Cultural Revolution) 影剧 影劇 yǐng jù film and theater / screen and stage 元曲 yuán qǔ Yuan dynasty theater, including poetry, music and comedy 聚光 jù guāng to focus light (e.g. in theater) / to spotlight 铁幕 鐵幕 tiě mù Iron Curtain (1945-1991) (In Taiwan, the word was used to refer to both the Iron Curtain and the Bamboo Curtain.) 浴帘 浴簾 yù lián shower curtain 垂帘听政 垂簾聽政 chuí lián tīng zhèng lit. to govern from behind the curtain / to rule in place of the emperor (idiom) 帷幔 wéi màn drapery / curtain syn 帐 帳 zhàng (bound form) curtain / tent / canopy / variant of 賬|账[zhang4] syn 角 jué role (theater) / to compete / ancient three legged wine vessel / third note of pentatonic scale syn 幕 幙 mù old variant of 幕[mu4] / curtain / screen syn 幢 zhuàng classifier for buildings (Taiwan pr. [chuang2]) / (archaic) curtain hung over boat or carriage windows syn 厢 廂 xiāng box (in theater) / side room / side syn 帘 簾 lián hanging screen or curtain syn 戏票 戲票 xì piào (theater etc) ticket 压轴戏 壓軸戲 yā zhòu xì next-to-last item on a program (theater) / climax 晚场 晚場 wǎn chǎng evening show (at theater etc) 帷 wéi curtain / screen syn 竹板 zhú bǎn bamboo clapper boards used in folk theater 幔 màn curtain syn 帏 幃 wéi curtain / women's apartment / tent 幕间 幕間 mù jiān interval (between acts in theater) 数来宝 數來寶 shǔ lái bǎo folk theater consisting of recitation accompanied by clapper board rhythm 窗幔 chuāng màn curtain syn 划子 huá zi rowboat / small boat / oar / paddle / thin rod used to control a curtain etc syn 追光灯 追光燈 zhuī guāng dēng (theater) spotlight / followspot 幌 huǎng shop sign / (literary) window curtain 开场戏 開場戲 kāi chǎng xì curtain-raiser 包金 bāo jīn to gild / (old) wages paid to a performer or a troupe by a theater 簾 lián curtain 帱 幬 chóu canopy / curtain syn 裯 chóu bed curtain / coverlet 拉开序幕 拉開序幕 lā kāi xù mù (fig.) to raise the curtain / to lift the curtain / to be a curtain raiser for 活报剧 活報劇 huó bào jù political street theater (loanword from Zhivaya Gazeta, or Living Newspaper, Russian theater form of the 1920s) 幨 chān curtain in carriage / screen 幔子 màn zi curtain / veil 幰 xiǎn curtain at front of carriage 幙 mù curtain / screen 扑棱 撲稜 pū leng (of wings, curtain etc) to flap / to flutter 珠箔 zhū bó curtain of pearls / screen of beads 帐幔 帳幔 zhàng màn curtain 幮 chú a kind of mosquito net / bed curtain 床帐 床帳 chuáng zhàng bed curtain / mosquito net 窗帷 chuāng wéi curtain syn 雨幕 yǔ mù curtain of rain / downpour syn 暗转 暗轉 àn zhuǎn (theater) blackout (e.g. at the end of a scene) / (literary) to be promoted in rank secretly 布幕 bù mù screen (movie theater etc) 上海大剧院 上海大劇院 shàng hǎi dà jù yuàn Shanghai Grand Theater 首都剧场 首都劇場 shǒu dū jù chǎng the Capital Theater (in Beijing) 勾栏 勾欄 gōu lán brothel / theater / carved balustrade 