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  hei3   jyutping
  xi4 kui1 suo1   pinyin
[1] [v] play; toy; sport [2] [v] jest; have fun; make fun [3] theatrical play; show; drama; [4] movie, film

Stroke count: 17
Level: 3
Radical: (#62)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
戲 / 戏
This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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detail  tai2 hei3   = to watch a movie
detail  paak3 hei3   = make a movie
detail  daai6 hei3  da4 xi4 = Chinese opera
detail  hei3 jyun6*2  xi4 yuan4 = theatre (UK); theater (US); cinema
detail  maa5 hei3  ma3 xi4 = circus
detail 調  daai6 daam2 kong4 tou4, gwong1 tin1 faa3 jat6 zi1 haa6, ging2 gam2 tiu4 hei3 loeng4 gaa1 fu5 neoi5   = in broad daylight, flirt with a woman from a good home
detail  din6 zi2 jau4 hei3   = video game
detail  jau4 hei3 kaat1  you2 xi4 ka3 = playing cards
detail  jau4 hei3 kaat1   = playing cards
detail  zou6 hei3   = to pretend; to act on stage or for a movie/show
See all 56 compounds (CantoDict reports 64 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 4 examples containing 戲
detail 我們電腦遊戲!
Let's play video games!
detail audio 聖誕期間電視好多!
There are lots of good films on TV at Christmas!
detail audio 橫掂順便睇戲
Let's go for a movie as we are already here anyway!
detail audio 靚女睇戲梗係𦧲飯應
A pretty girl is willing to catch a movie with you. Surely that is something you wished for.

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