戏 (戲) xì

1. xì noun a drama; a play; a show
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Drama
   Notes: 戏 is synonymous with 戏剧 in this sense (CC-CEDICT '戲'; Guoyu '戲' n; Unihan '戲'; XHZD '戏' 3, p. 806)
2. xì verb to play with
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: For example, 二龙戏球 two dragons playing with a ball (Giles 1892 'hsi 戲'; Guoyu '戲' v 1; Kroll 2015 '戲' 1, p. 489; XHZD '戏' 1, p. 806)
3. xì verb to make fun of; to jest
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '戲' v 2; Kroll 2015 '戲' 2, p. 489; XHZD '戏' 2, p. 806)
4. xì verb to wrestle
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: 戏 is synonymous with 角斗 in this sense (Kroll 2015 '戲' 3, p. 489)
5. xì verb to enjoy
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '戲' 1a, p. 489)
6. huī noun army banner
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '戲' huī n; Kroll 2015 '戲' huī, p. 489)
7. hū particle exclamatory particle
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As a variant of 戲 (Guoyu '戲' hū; Kroll 2015 '戲' hū, p. 489)
8. xì proper noun Xi
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '戲' n 2)
9. huī verb to signal; to direct
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '戲' huī v)

Contained in

• 有戏(有戲) to be promising; likely to turn out well
• 戏耍(戲耍) to amuse oneself; to play with; to tease
• 调戏(調戲) to take liberties with a woman; to dally; to assail a woman with obscenities
• 戏词(戲詞) actor's lines (in theater)
• 猴戏(猴戲) a monkey show
• 变把戏(變把戲) to perform magic; to do magic tricks; prestidigitation
• 好戏还在后头(好戲還在後頭) the best part of the show is yet to come; (with ironic tone) the worst is yet to come
• 拼板游戏(拼板遊戲) jigsaw puzzle; wood block puzzle
• 戏剧家(戲劇家) dramatist; playwright
• 三个女人一台戏(三個女人一臺戲) three women are enough for a drama
• 逢场作戏(逢場作戲) find a stage, put on a comedy; to join in the fun; to play along according to local conditions
• 折子戏(折子戲) opera highlights performed as independent pieces
• 游戏王(遊戲王) Yu-Gi-Oh!
• 开戏(開戲) to start an opera
• 花灯戏(花燈戲) Huadeng opera
• 汽车戏院(汽車戲院) drive-in theater
• 出戏(出戲) (of an actor) to disengage from the performance (e.g. after the show ends)
• 戏本(戲本) the text of a play
• 独角戏(獨角戲) monodrama; one-man show; comic talk
• 戏法(戲法) magic trick
• 戏院(戲院) theater
• 嬉戏(嬉戲) to frolic; to romp
• 拍戏(拍戲) to shoot a movie
• 变戏法(變戲法) to perform conjuring tricks; to conjure; to juggle
• 床上戏(床上戲) sex scene (in a movie etc)
• 戏眼(戲眼) the best part (of a play etc)
• 戏剧(戲劇) drama; play; theater ; to play; to joke
• 游戏场(遊戲場) playground
• 百戏(百戲) variety performances; variety shows
• 做戏(做戲) to act in a play; to put on a play
• 游戏池(游戲池) paddling pool; wading pool
• 样板戏(樣板戲) model theater
• 帽子戏法(帽子戲法) hat trick (when one player scores three goals)
• 马戏团(馬戲團) circus
• 牌戏(牌戲) a card game
• 谐戏(諧戲) to joke
• 戏剧化人格违常(戲劇化人格違常) histrionic personality disorder (HPD)
• 没戏(沒戲) not a chance; no way; hopeless
• 戏份(戲份) scene (in a movie etc); one's part in a movie or play; actor's payment
• 压轴戏(壓軸戲) next-to-last item on a program (theater); climax
• 戏称(戲稱) to jokingly call; jocular appellation
• 京戏(京戲) Beijing Opera
• 戏剧化(戲劇化) theatrical
• 唱戏(唱戲) to perform in opera
• 听戏(聽戲) to attend an opera; to see an opera
• 皮影戏(皮影戲) shadow play
• 游戏(遊戲) a game
• 傀儡戏(傀儡戲) puppet show

Also contained in

游戏设备 、 中央戏剧学院 、 二龙戏珠

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• 卷四十五 蜀書十五 鄧張宗楊傳 Volume 45: Book of Shu 15 - Biographies of Deng, Zhang, Zong, and Yang Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 16
• 第二回 Chapter 22 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 16
• 第二回 Chapter 54 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 14
• 卷五十四 楊震列傳 Volume 54: Biography of Yang Zhen Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 13
• 卷二 Scroll 2 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 12
• 《三王世家》 House of the Three Kings Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 10
• 第二十五回 Chapter 25 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 10
• 卷二十一 志第十一 樂三 Volume 21 Treatises 11: Music 3 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 9
• 第二回 Chapter 11 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 9
• 卷四十下 班彪列傳 Volume 40b: Biography of Ban Biao 2 Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 9

Collocations

• 游戏 (游戲) 其游戲 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《周本紀》 Annals of Zhou — count: 7
• 博戏 (博戲) 博戲鬥雞 — Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋繁露, 卷十三 四時之副第五十五 人副天數第五十六 同類相動第五十七 五行相生第五十八 五行相勝第五十九 五行順逆第六十 治水五行第六十一　Scroll 13 — count: 7
• 戏耳 (戲耳) 特與嬰兒戲耳 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 外儲說左上第三十二 Chapter 32: A Collection of Sayings III — count: 5
• 虙戏 (虙戲) 自理國虙戲以來 — Guanzi 管子, 輕重戊第八十四 Chapter 84: Weight V — count: 4
• 伏戏 (伏戲) 伏戲 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷六　覽冥訓 Chapter 6: Observing the Obscure — count: 4
• 戏阳 (戲陽) 卒于戲陽 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 4
• 戏车 (戲車) 綰以戲車為郎 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《萬石張叔列傳》 Biographies of Wan Shi and Zhang Shu — count: 3
• 子戏 (子戲) 齊有狗盜之子與刖危子戲而相誇 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 外儲說左下第三十三 Chapter 33: A Collection of Sayings IV — count: 3
• 戏豫 (戲豫) 無敢戲豫 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧生民之什‧板 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Sheng Min - Ban — count: 3
• 戏笑 (戲笑) 戲笑超距 — Guanzi 管子, 輕重丁第八十三 Chapter 83: Weight IV — count: 3