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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xì | xi4
English translation
variant of
>[xì]
trick
drama
play
show
CL: chū [chū], chǎng
> cháng [chǎng], tái
> Tái [tái]
play, show, theater

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Number of strokes

6

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

A hand  yòu doing tricks with a spear 

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

又戈

Explanation

Simplified form of . Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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孩子 háizi men zài 人行道 rén xíng dào shǎng 划出方格 fāng gé , zuò 跳房子 tiào fáng zi de 游戏 yóuxì .

The children squared off the sidewalk to play hopscotch.

我们 wǒmen de 英语 Yīng yǔ 分为 fēn wéi 诗歌 shī gē 戏剧 xìjù 小说 xiǎoshuō děng 单元 dānyuán .

Our English course is divided into modules on poetry, drama, and novels.

yòng 好话 hǎo huà hōng 姐姐 jiějie dài kān .

I coaxed my sister into taking me to the theatre.

jiè diào de Gāo 赌注 dǔ zhù de pái ,喝酒 hē jiǔ 比较 bǐjiào yǒu 节制 jiézhì le .

He gave up high - stake card games and stayed comparatively sober.

游戏 yóuxì Cháng yòng lái hōng 小孩 xiǎo hái .

Games are usually used to beguile small children.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
游戏 yóuxì game遊戲
trick
戏剧 xìjù drama戲劇
演戏 yǎn xì to perform演戲
把戏 bǎ xì acrobatics把戲
马戏团 mǎ xì tuán circus馬戲團
没戏 méi xì no way沒戲
拍戏 pāi xì to shoot a movie拍戲
戏剧性 xì jù xìng dramatic戲劇性
调戏 tiáo xì to dally調戲
游戏机 yóu xì jī video game遊戲機
戏曲 xì qǔ Chinese opera戲曲
戏院 xì yuàn theater戲院
戏弄 xì nòng to tease戲弄
嬉戏 xī xì fun嬉戲
戏法 xì fǎ magic trick戲法
重头戏 zhòng tóu xì opera rich in singing and dancing重頭戲
儿戏 ér xì child's play兒戲
电子游戏 diàn zǐ yóu xì computer and video games電子遊戲
戏称 xì chēng to jokingly call戲稱
马戏 mǎ xì circus馬戲
看戏 kàn xì to watch a play看戲
有戏 yǒu xì (coll.) promising有戲
独角戏 dú jiǎo xì monodrama獨角戲

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Decomposition

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