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[1] [n] movie; drama; play; show [2] [v] play; sport; enjoy oneself [3] [v] tease; jest; play a joke on Default PoS:  Additional PoS:  Stroke count: 17
Level: 1
Radical: 戈 (#62)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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睇戲
tai2 hei3 = to watch a movie 粵
拍戲
paak3 hei3 = make a movie 粵
戲弄
hei3 lung6 = tease; make fun of
大戲
daai6 hei3 = Chinese opera
戲院
hei3 jyun6*2 = theatre (UK); theater (US); cinema
馬戲
maa5 hei3 = circus
大膽狂徒，光天化日之下，竟敢調戲良家婦女
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
電子遊戲
din6 zi2 jau4 hei3 = computer and video games
遊戲卡
jau4 hei3 kaat1 = playing cards 國
遊戲咭
jau4 hei3 kaat1 = playing cards 粵See all 62 compounds (CantoDict reports 70 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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Showing all 12 examples containing 戲
我琴日睇咗一套戲，有啲地方幾好睇 粵
I saw a film yesterday... some parts were okay. [Lit. I yesterday see-already [counter] film, have place (note: this is a figurative use of place) quite good watch.]
我琴日睇咗一套戲，有少少好睇 粵
I saw a film yesterday... it wasn't very good. [Lit. I yesterday see-already film, have little-bit good-watch]
我琴日睇咗一套戲，有啲啲好睇 粵
I saw a film yesterday... it wasn't very good. [I yesterday see-already [counter] film, have little-little good-watch]
我琴日睇咗一套戲，有一啲好睇 粵
I saw a film yesterday... it was average. [I yesterday see-already one film, have little-bit good watch.]
我琴晚睇咗一套感人嘅戲 粵
I saw a moving film yesterday evening. [Lit. I yesterday evening see-already one [counter] moving [possessive particle] film.]
靚女話要同你睇戲，你梗係𦧲飯應啦 粵
A pretty girl is willing to catch a movie with you. Surely that is something you wished for.
我琴日睇咗一套戲，但係一啲都唔好睇 粵
I saw a film yesterday, and boy did it suck. [Lit. I yesterday see-already [counter] film, however one little bit also not good-watch.]
唔使幾耐，你就可以睇到一出精彩嘅好戲 粵
In due course, you'll see a spectacular display. [Lit. in good time, you then can see-arrive one [counter] brilliant [possessive particle] play. 不消多久=唔使幾耐] Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Decimal representation of this word: 戲
Unicode code for this character: U+6232 (off-site link)
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HTML Code to link to this word:
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Decimal representation of this word: 戲
Unicode code for this character: U+6232 (off-site link)
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