Home
CantoDict HomeCantoDict Settings

Remove Adverts and gain lots of extra features
What is this page showing me?

  hei3   jyutping
  xi4   pinyin
[1] [n] movie; drama; play; show
[2] [v] play; sport; enjoy oneself
[3] [v] tease; jest; play a joke on

Default PoS: noun Additional PoS: verb
Stroke count: 17
Level: 1
Radical: (#62)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
戲 / 戏

This word has been viewed 15817 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 23rd Apr 2014 15:16

Output this character as a high resolution image
Add to vocab list:

Sponsors: One-on-One Online Chinese Tutoring | Chinese Language | Learn Spanish
Studying in China | Learn Chinese in China | Learn Mandarin in China | Chinese School | Chinese course in London

detail  tai2 hei3   = to watch a movie
detail  paak3 hei3   = make a movie
detail  hei3 lung6  xi4 nong4 = tease; make fun of
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  dian4 zi3 you2 xi4 = computer and video games
detail  jau4 hei3 kaat1  you2 xi4 ka3 = playing cards
detail  jau4 hei3 kaat1   = playing cards
See all 62 compounds (CantoDict reports 70 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 10 of 12 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 琴日一套有啲地方幾好
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.]
detail 琴日一套少少好睇
I saw a film yesterday... it wasn't very good.
[Lit. I yesterday see-already film, have little-bit good-watch]
detail 琴日一套有啲好睇
I saw a film yesterday... it wasn't very good.
[I yesterday see-already [counter] film, have little-little good-watch]
detail 琴日一套一啲好睇
I saw a film yesterday... it was average.
[I yesterday see-already one film, have little-bit good watch.]
detail 琴晚一套感人
I saw a moving film yesterday evening.
[Lit. I yesterday evening see-already one [counter] moving [possessive particle] film.]
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.
detail 無厘頭搞笑
The movie is nonsensical but funny.
Show all 12 examples

Legend
: This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.  
: 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.
This page shows, from top to bottom:
Script executed in 0.079293 secs
Rows returned from database=51
Donate to CantoDict
CantoDict v1.4.2 is a collaborative Chinese Dictionary project started in November 2003. Entries are added and mistakes corrected by a team of kind volunteers from around the world.
Copyright Adam Sheik 2003-2024.