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戏
戯
xì
1. variant of [[戲|戏<xì>]]
Very Common • Top 1%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

戏
xì
play, show, theater
HSK 3 6 丶

Compound Words (20)

京戏
Jīngxì
Beijing Opera
做戏
zuòxì
to act in a play
傩戏
nuóxì
Anhui local opera
儿戏
érxì
child's play
前戏
qiánxì
foreplay
唱戏
chàngxì
to perform in opera
嬉戏
xīxì
to frolic
戏仿
xìfǎng
parody
戏侮
xìwǔ
to insult
戏剧
xìjù
drama
HSK 5
戏子
xìzi
(derog.) opera singer
戏弄
xìnòng
to play tricks on
戏曲
xìqǔ
Chinese opera
戏法
xìfǎ
magic trick
戏眼
xìyǎn
the best part (of a play etc)
戏码
xìmǎ
item (on a program)
戏票
xìpiào
(theater etc) ticket
戏称
xìchēng
to jokingly call
戏耍
xìshuǎ
to amuse oneself
戏台
xìtái
stage

Alternate Entries

戏
xì
trick / drama / play / show / CL:[[出<chū>]], [[場|场<chǎng>]], [[臺|台<tái>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
3
Character Frequency Rank
1,032
Word Frequency Rank
690 of 84,292

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