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HSK 3.0 Level 5

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Definitions

  1. 1. trick
  2. 2. drama
  3. 3. play
  4. 4. show

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Words Containing 戏

游戏王
yóu xì wáng

Yu-Gi-Oh!

折子戏
zhé zi xì

opera highlights performed as independent pieces

变把戏
biàn bǎ xì

to perform magic

猫鼠游戏
māo shǔ yóu xì

cat and mouse game

掌中戏
zhǎng zhōng xì

see 布袋戲|布袋戏[bù dài xì]

戏法
xì fǎ

magic trick

戏言
xì yán

joking matter

中央戏剧学院
zhōng yāng xì jù xué yuàn

Central Academy of Drama

高甲戏
gāo jiǎ xì

Gaojia opera of Fujian and Taiwan

戏子
xì zi

(derog.) opera singer

演戏
yǎn xì

to put on a play

把戏
bǎ xì

acrobatics; jugglery

戏份
xì fèn

scene (in a movie etc)

独角戏
dú jiǎo xì

monodrama

大戏
dà xì

large-scale Chinese opera

内心戏
nèi xīn xì

psychological drama

猴戏
hóu xì

monkey show

戏票
xì piào

(theater etc) ticket

出戏
chū xì

(of an actor) to disengage from the performance (e.g. after the show ends)

开戏
kāi xì

to start an opera

戏仿
xì fǎng

a parody

戏说剧
xì shuō jù

period costume drama (on TV)

戏院
xì yuàn

theater

游戏池
yóu xì chí

paddling pool

戏精
xì jīng

(neologism c. 2017) melodramatic person

好戏还在后头
hǎo xì hái zài hòu tou

the best part of the show is yet to come

戏词
xì cí

actor's lines (in theater)

戏偶
xì ǒu

glove puppet

戏侮
xì wǔ

to insult

上海戏剧学院
shàng hǎi xì jù xué yuàn

Shanghai Theatrical Institute

戏说
xì shuō

dramatic form consisting of historical narration

看戏
kàn xì

to watch a play

联机游戏
lián jī yóu xì

a network computer game

戏剧化人格违常
xì jù huà rén gé wéi cháng

histrionic personality disorder (HPD)

嬉戏
xī xì

to frolic

戏码
xì mǎ

item (on a program)

柳子戏
liǔ zi xì

Shandong opera

调戏
tiáo xì

to take liberties with a woman

唱戏
chàng xì

to perform in opera

鬼把戏
guǐ bǎ xì

sinister plot

谑戏
xuè xì

fun and mockery

填字游戏
tián zì yóu xì

crossword

傩戏
nuó xì

Anhui local opera

牌戏
pái xì

a card game

地方戏
dì fāng xì

local Chinese opera, such as Shaoxing opera 越劇|越剧[yuè jù], Sichuan opera 川劇|川剧[chuān jù], Henan opera 豫劇|豫剧[yù jù] etc

游戏场
yóu xì chǎng

playground

床上戏
chuáng shàng xì

sex scene (in a movie etc)

裸戏
luǒ xì

nude scene (in a movie)

变戏法
biàn xì fǎ

to perform conjuring tricks

重头戏
zhòng tóu xì

opera (or role) involving much singing and action

拿手好戏
ná shǒu hǎo xì

the role an actor plays best (idiom)

戏剧
xì jù

a drama; a play; theater

戏剧性
xì jù xìng

dramatic

戏剧化
xì jù huà

theatrical

布袋戏
bù dài xì

glove puppetry

游戏主机
yóu xì zhǔ jī

video game console

戏曲
xì qǔ

Chinese opera

压轴好戏
yā zhòu hǎo xì

see 壓軸戲|压轴戏[yā zhòu xì]

压轴戏
yā zhòu xì

next-to-last item on a program (theater)

戏称
xì chēng

to jokingly call

戏台
xì tái

stage

谐戏
xié xì

to joke

唱对台戏
chàng duì tái xì

to put on a rival show (idiom); to set oneself up against sb

拼板游戏
pīn bǎn yóu xì

jigsaw puzzle; wood block puzzle

汽车戏院
qì chē xì yuàn

drive-in theater

假戏真唱
jiǎ xì zhēn chàng

fiction comes true

京戏
jīng xì

Beijing opera

儿戏
ér xì

child's play

游戏设备
yóu xì shè bèi

gaming device

角色扮演游戏
jué sè bàn yǎn yóu xì

role-playing game (RPG)

游戏说
yóu xì shuō

theory of free play (in Kant's philosophy)

样板戏
yàng bǎn xì

model theater (operas and ballets produced during the Cultural Revolution)

地方戏曲
dì fāng xì qǔ

local Chinese opera, such as Shaoxing opera 越劇|越剧[yuè jù], Sichuan opera 川劇|川剧[chuān jù], Henan opera 豫劇|豫剧[yù jù] etc

黄梅戏
huáng méi xì

Huangmei opera (local opera of Anhui)

花鼓戏
huā gǔ xì

opera form popular along Changjiang

花灯戏
huā dēng xì

opera for popular in Sichuan and Yunnan

马戏
mǎ xì

circus

散戏
sàn xì

end of a show

游戏机
yóu xì jī

video game machine

马戏团
mǎ xì tuán

circus

大轴戏
dà zhòu xì

last item on a program (theater)

前戏
qián xì

foreplay

皮影戏
pí yǐng xì

shadow play

戏耍
xì shuǎ

to amuse oneself

视同儿戏
shì tóng ér xì

to regard sth as a plaything (idiom); to consider unimportant

接戏
jiē xì

to accept an acting role

权力的游戏
quán lì de yóu xì

Game of Thrones (TV series)

木偶戏
mù ǒu xì

puppet show

串戏
chuàn xì

to act in a play

吻戏
wěn xì

kissing scene (in a movie etc)

社戏
shè xì

theatrical performance (e.g. on religious festival)

游戏手柄
yóu xì shǒu bǐng

gamepad

拍戏
pāi xì

to shoot a movie

杂戏
zá xì

acrobatics

老戏骨
lǎo xì gǔ

(dialect) veteran actor

傀儡戏
kuǐ lěi xì

puppet show

没戏
méi xì

(coll.) not a chance

戏弄
xì nòng

to play tricks on

听戏
tīng xì

to attend an opera

歌仔戏
gē zǎi xì

type of opera from Taiwan and Fujian

做戏
zuò xì

to act in a play

戏剧家
xì jù jiā

dramatist

有戏
yǒu xì

(coll.) promising

戏谑
xì xuè

to banter

逢场作戏
féng chǎng zuò xì

lit. find a stage, put on a comedy (idiom); to join in the fun

露天大戏院
lù tiān dà xì yuàn

open-air amphitheater

床戏
chuáng xì

sex scene (in a movie etc)

人偶戏
rén ǒu xì

puppet show

压台戏
yā tái xì

last item on a show

鸳鸯戏水
yuān yāng xì shuǐ

lit. mandarin ducks playing in the water

帽子戏法
mào zi xì fǎ

hat trick (when one player scores three goals)

三个女人一台戏
sān ge nǚ rén yī tái xì

three women are enough for a drama (idiom)

游戏
yóu xì

game

入戏
rù xì

(of an actor) to inhabit one's role

戏眼
xì yǎn

the best part (of a play etc)

电子游戏
diàn zǐ yóu xì

computer and video games