| 戏剧 | xì jù | drama / play / theater |   |
| 剧场 | jù chǎng | theater / CL:個|个[ge4] | |
| 剧院 | jù yuàn | theater / CL:家[jia1],座[zuo4] | |
| 戏院 | xì yuàn | theater | |
| 馆子 | guǎn zi | restaurant / theater (old) | |
| 勾栏 | gōu lán | brothel / theater / carved balustrade | |
| 影院 | yǐng yuàn | cinema / movie theater | |
| 门票 | mén piào | ticket (for theater, cinema etc) | |
| 电影院 | diàn yǐng yuàn | cinema / movie theater / CL:家[jia1],座[zuo4] | |
| 席位 | xí wèi | a seat (in a theater, stadium etc) / parliamentary or congressional seat | |
| 包厢 | bāo xiāng | box (in a theater or concert hall) / private room (in a restaurant or karaoke) | |
| 总司令 | zǒng sī lìng | commander-in-chief / top military commander for a country or theater of operations | |
| 战区 | zhàn qū | war zone / combat zone / (military) theater of operations | |
| 爆满 | bào mǎn | filled to capacity (of theater, stadium, gymnasium etc) | |
| 曲艺 | qǔ yì | folk musical theater | |
| 布鲁克 | Bù lǔ kè | Brook (name) / Peter Brook (1925), British theater director | |
| 影剧院 | yǐng jù yuàn | cinema / movie theater | |
| 昆曲 | Kūn qǔ | Kunqu opera, influential musical theater originating in Kunshan, Jiangsu province in Yuan times | |
| 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] | |
| 夜场 | yè chǎng | evening show (at theater etc) | |
| 剧社 | jù shè | theater company | |
| 样板戏 | yàng bǎn xì | model theater (operas and ballets produced during the Cultural Revolution) | |
| 影剧 | yǐng jù | film and theater / screen and stage | |
| 元曲 | Yuán qǔ | Yuan dynasty theater, including poetry, music and comedy | |
| 补票 | 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 | |
| 包场 | bāo chǎng | to reserve all the seats (or a large block of seats) at a theater, restaurant etc | |
| 竹板 | zhú bǎn | bamboo clapper boards used in folk theater | |
| 晚场 | wǎn chǎng | evening show (at theater etc) | |
| 数来宝 | shǔ lái bǎo | folk theater consisting of recitation accompanied by clapper board rhythm | |
| 包金 | bāo jīn | to gild / (old) wages paid to a performer or a troupe by a theater | |
| 布幕 | bù mù | screen (movie theater etc) | |
| 上海大剧院 | Shàng hǎi Dà jù yuàn | Shanghai Grand Theater | |
| 首都剧场 | Shǒu dū Jù chǎng | the Capital Theater (in Beijing) | |
| 喜歌剧院 | xǐ gē jù yuàn | musical theater / Opéra Comique, Paris | |
| 小技 | xiǎo jì | small skills / folk musical theater | |
| 汽车戏院 | qì chē xì yuàn | drive-in theater | |
| 活报剧 | huó bào jù | political street theater (loanword from Zhivaya Gazeta, or Living Newspaper, Russian theater form of the 1920s) | |
| 留白 | liú bái | to leave a message / to leave some empty space in a work of art / to leave idle moments (in one's life, a theater play etc) | |
| 秧歌剧 | yāng ge jù | Yangge opera, a rural form of theater | |
| 舞台音乐 | wǔ tái yīn yuè | musical theater | |
| 战区导弹防御 | | Theater Missile Defense | |
| 国际剧院学会 | | International Theater Institute | |
| 行动区频率管理单元 | | theater frequency management cell | |
| 阶梯教室 | jiē tī jiào shì | lecture theater | |
| 院线 | yuàn xiàn | theater chain (abbr. for 電影院線|电影院线) | |
| 行动剧 | xíng dòng jù | (Tw) street theater (esp. as a form of political expression) | |
