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戏

xì

HSK 3 Character Traditional 戲 Measure word 出、场、台

What 戏 means

1. trick
2. drama
3. play
4. show

Other readings

戏 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• xìvariant of {戏|xì}

Example sentences

• 我打游戏。
  I play video games.
• 游戏结束。
  Game over.
• 我爱游戏。
  I love video games.
• 我是戏迷。
  I am a fan of the theater.
• 游戏继续。
  The game continued.
• 开始游戏。
  Begin the game.

Words starting with 戏

• 戏剧xì jùa drama; a play; theater; script of a play
• 戏曲xì qǔChinese opera
• 戏剧性xì jù xìngdramatic
• 戏院xì yuàntheater
• 戏称xì chēngto jokingly call; jocular appellation
• 戏弄xì nòngto play tricks on; to make fun of; to tease
• 戏台xì táistage
• 戏谑xì xuèto banter; to crack jokes; to ridicule
• 戏说xì shuōdramatic form consisting of historical narration; history as jocular narrative…
• 戏子xì zi(derog.) Chinese opera performer; (derog.) actor
• 戏言xì yánjoking matter; to go back on one's words
• 戏剧化xì jù huàtheatrical
• 戏法xì fǎmagic trick
• 戏剧家xì jù jiādramatist; playwright
• 戏耍xì shuǎto amuse oneself; to play with; to tease
• 戏票xì piào(theater etc) ticket
• 戏份xì fènscene (in a movie etc); one's part in a movie or play; (archaic) actor's payment
• 戏眼xì yǎnthe best part (of a play etc)
• 戏码xì mǎtheatrical piece; (fig.) scenario (in real life)
• 戏精xì jīng(neologism c. 2017) melodramatic person; drama queen
• 戏词xì cíactor's lines (in theater)
• 戏说剧xì shuō jùperiod costume drama (on TV)
• 戏偶xì ǒuglove puppet
• 戏仿xì fǎnga parody; to parody

Words containing 戏

• 游戏yóu xìgame; to play
• 把戏bǎ xìacrobatics; jugglery; trick; ploy
• 演戏yǎn xìto put on a play; to perform; fig. to pretend
• 拍戏pāi xìto shoot a movie
• 嬉戏xī xìto frolic; to romp
• 唱戏chàng xìto perform in opera
• 游戏机yóu xì jīvideo game machine; video game console
• 大戏dà xìlarge-scale Chinese opera; Beijing opera; major dramatic production (movie, TV series etc)
• 没戏méi xì(colloquial) not a chance; no way; hopeless
• 调戏tiáo xìto take liberties with a woman; to dally; to assail a woman with obscenities
• 样板戏yàng bǎn xìmodel theater (operas and ballets produced during the Cultural Revolution)
• 儿戏ér xìchild's play; trifling matter
• 马戏团mǎ xì tuáncircus
• 有戏yǒu xì(colloquial) promising; likely to turn out well
• 电子游戏diàn zǐ yóu xìcomputer and video games
• 京戏Jīng xìBeijing opera
• 重头戏zhòng tóu xìopera (or role) involving much singing and action; (fig.) highlight; main feature
• 马戏mǎ xìcircus
• 听戏tīng xìto attend an opera; to see an opera
• 做戏zuò xìto act in a play; to put on a play
• 变戏法biàn xì fǎto perform conjuring tricks; to conjure; to juggle
• 皮影戏pí yǐng xìshadow play
• 拿手好戏ná shǒu hǎo xìthe role an actor plays best (idiom); (fig.) one's specialty; one's forte
• 逢场作戏féng chǎng zuò xìlit. find a stage, put on a comedy (idiom); to join in the fun…

Characters that look like 戏

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 找zhǎoto try to find; to look for; to call on sb
• 观guānto look at; to watch; to observe
• 鸡jīfowl; chicken; (slang) prostitute
• 戒jièto guard against; to exhort; to admonish or warn
• 戍shùgarrison
• 戌quused in 屈戌儿

Sounds the same

Read xì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 系to connect; to relate to; to tie up
• 细thin or slender; finely particulate; thin and soft
• 隙crack; crevice; gap or interval
• 潟saline land; salt marsh
• 阋to argue; to quarrel
• 舄shoe; slipper
• 盻to glare at
• 禊semiannual ceremony of purification
• 饩grain ration; sacrificial victim
• 虩terrified
• 匸"cover" or "conceal" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 23)…
• 㣟to go; to walk