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

• 谑戏(謔戲) fun and mockery
• 把戏(把戲) acrobatics; jugglery; martial art ; a trick; a skillful maneuver ; performance; exhibition ; an incident
• 裸戏(裸戲) a nude scene (in a movie)
• 做戏(做戲) to act in a play; to put on a play
• 傩戏(儺戲) Anhui local opera
• 出戏(出戲) (of an actor) to disengage from the performance (e.g. after the show ends)
• 游戏王(遊戲王) Yu-Gi-Oh!
• 宓戏(宓戲) Mi Xi ; Mi Xi
• 猴戏(猴戲) a monkey show
• 戏言(戲言) joking matter; to go back on one's words
• 花鼓戏(花鼓戲) Huagu opera
• 帽子戏法(帽子戲法) hat trick (when one player scores three goals)
• 京戏(京戲) Beijing Opera
• 儿戏(兒戲) child's play; trifling matter
• 演戏(演戲) to perform a play
• 床戏(床戲) sex scene (in a movie etc)
• 社戏(社戲) theatrical performance (e.g. on religious festival)
• 散戏(散戲) end of a show
• 猫鼠游戏(貓鼠遊戲) cat and mouse game
• 黄梅戏(黃梅戲) Huangmei opera
• 戏下(戲下) subordinate [military] officers
• 柳子戏(柳子戲) Shandong opera
• 布袋戏(布袋戲) glove puppetry
• 傀儡戏(傀儡戲) puppet show
• 鬼把戏(鬼把戲) sinister plot; dirty trick; cheap trick
• 游戏手把(遊戲手把) gamepad
• 电子游戏(電子遊戲) computer and video games
• 变把戏(變把戲) to perform magic; to do magic tricks; prestidigitation
• 调戏(調戲) to take liberties with a woman; to dally; to assail a woman with obscenities
• 大轴戏(大軸戲) last item on a program (theater)
• 戏本(戲本) the text of a play
• 戏剧家(戲劇家) dramatist; playwright
• 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
• 歌仔戏(歌仔戲) type of opera from Taiwan and Fujian
• 戏票(戲票) (theater etc) ticket
• 戏弄(戲弄) to play tricks on; to make fun of; to tease
• 游戏手柄(游戲手柄) gamepad
• 填字游戏(填字遊戲) crossword
• 游戏(遊戲) a game
• 谐戏(諧戲) to joke
• 床上戏(床上戲) sex scene (in a movie etc)
• 马戏团(馬戲團) circus
• 戏仿(戲仿) parody; imitation
• 戏侮(戲侮) to insult
• 嬉戏(嬉戲) to frolic; to romp
• 前戏(前戲) foreplay
• 戏称(戲稱) to jokingly call; jocular appellation
• 戏词(戲詞) actor's lines (in theater)
• 重头戏(重頭戲) opera (or role) involving much singing and action; highlight; main feature; major activity

Also contained in

龙戏珠 、 戏子

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Truncated for common words

• 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
• 第二十五回 Chapter 25 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 10
• 《三王世家》 House of the Three Kings Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 10
• 卷九十　　列傳第七十八:　藝術下 Volume 90 Biographies 78: Diviners 2 History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — 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
• 卷二十一 志第十一 樂三 Volume 21 Treatises 11: Music 3 Book of Song 宋書 — 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
• 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
• 伏戏 (伏戲) 伏戲 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷六　覽冥訓 Chapter 6: Observing the Obscure — count: 4
• 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
• 戏笑 (戲笑) 戲笑超距 — Guanzi 管子, 輕重丁第八十三 Chapter 83: Weight IV — count: 3
• 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
• 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