| 戲 | [ xì ] trick, drama, play, show, CL:齣|出[chu1],場|场[chang3],臺|台[tai2] |
| 戲份 | [ xì fèn ] scene (in a movie etc), one's part in a movie or play, (archaic) actor's payment |
| 戲仿 | [ xì fǎng ] a parody, to parody |
| 戲侮 | [ xì wǔ ] to insult |
| 戲偶 | [ xì oǔ ] glove puppet, CL:尊[zun1] |
| 戲劇 | [ xì jù ] drama, play, theater |
| 戲劇化 | [ xì jù huà ] theatrical |
| 戲劇化人格違常 | [ xì jù huà rén gé weí cháng ] histrionic personality disorder (HPD) |
| 戲劇家 | [ xì jù jiā ] dramatist, playwright |
| 戲劇性 | [ xì jù xìng ] dramatic |
| 戲子 | [ xì zi ] (derog.) opera singer, actor |
| 戲弄 | [ xì nòng ] to play tricks on, to make fun of, to tease |
| 戲曲 | [ xì qǔ ] Chinese opera |
| 戲法 | [ xì fǎ ] magic trick |
| 戲眼 | [ xì yǎn ] the best part (of a play etc) |
| 戲碼 | [ xì mǎ ] item (on a program) |
| 戲票 | [ xì ] (theater etc) ticket |
| 戲稱 | [ xì chēng ] to jokingly call, jocular appellation |
| 戲精 | [ xì jīng ] (neologism c. 2017) melodramatic person, drama queen |
| 戲耍 | [ xì shuǎ ] to amuse oneself, to play with, to tease |
| 戲臺 | [ xì taí ] stage |
| 戲言 | [ xì yán ] joking matter, to go back on one's words |
| 戲詞 | [ xì cí ] actor's lines (in theater) |
| 戲說 | [ xì shuō ] dramatic form consisting of historical narration, history as jocular narrative, to stretch history for a joking story, amusing story with strained interpretations of history, to make an unreasonable comparison in jest |
| 戲說劇 | [ xì shuō jù ] period costume drama (on TV) |
| 戲謔 | [ xì xuè ] to banter, to crack jokes, to ridicule |
| 戲院 | [ xì yuàn ] theater |
| ⇒ 三個女人一臺戲 | [ sān ge nǚ rén yī taí xì ] three women are enough for a drama (idiom) |
| ⇒ 上海戲劇學院 | [ shàng haǐ xì jù xué yuàn ] Shanghai Theatrical Institute |
| ⇒ 中央戲劇學院 | [ zhōng yāng xì jù xué yuàn ] Central Academy of Drama |
| ⇒ 京戲 | [ jīng xì ] Beijing opera, CL:齣|出[chu1] |
| ⇒ 人偶戲 | [ rén oǔ xì ] puppet show |
| ⇒ 假戲真唱 | [ jiǎ xì zhēn chàng ] fiction comes true, play-acting that turns into reality |
| ⇒ 做戲 | [ zuò xì ] to act in a play, to put on a play |
| ⇒ 傀儡戲 | [ kuǐ leǐ xì ] puppet show |
| ⇒ 儺戲 | [ nuó xì ] Anhui local opera |
| ⇒ 兒戲 | [ ér xì ] child's play, trifling matter |
| ⇒ 入戲 | [ rù xì ] (of an actor) to inhabit one's role, to become the character, (of an audience) to get involved in the drama |
| ⇒ 內心戲 | [ neì xīn xì ] psychological drama |
| ⇒ 出戲 | [ chū xì ] (of an actor) to disengage from the performance (e.g. after the show ends), (of an audience) to lose interest in the performance |
| ⇒ 前戲 | [ qián xì ] foreplay |
| ⇒ 唱對臺戲 | [ chàng duì taí xì ] to put on a rival show (idiom); to set oneself up against sb, to get into confrontation |
| ⇒ 唱戲 | [ chàng xì ] to perform in opera |
| ⇒ 地方戲 | [ dì fāng xì ] local Chinese opera, such as Shaoxing opera 越劇|越剧[Yue4 ju4], Sichuan opera 川劇|川剧[Chuan1 ju4], Henan opera 豫劇|豫剧[Yu4 ju4] etc |
| ⇒ 地方戲曲 | [ dì fāng xì qǔ ] local Chinese opera, such as Shaoxing opera 越劇|越剧[Yue4 ju4], Sichuan opera 川劇|川剧[Chuan1 ju4], Henan opera 豫劇|豫剧[Yu4 ju4] etc |
| ⇒ 填字遊戲 | [ tián zì yoú xì ] crossword |
| ⇒ 壓臺戲 | [ yā taí xì ] last item on a show, grand finale |
| ⇒ 壓軸好戲 | [ yā zhoù haǒ xì ] see 壓軸戲|压轴戏[ya1 zhou4 xi4] |
| ⇒ 壓軸戲 | [ yā zhoù xì ] next-to-last item on a program (theater), climax |
| ⇒ 大戲 | [ dà xì ] large-scale Chinese opera, Beijing opera, major dramatic production (movie, TV series etc) |
| ⇒ 大軸戲 | [ dà zhoù xì ] last item on a program (theater) |
| ⇒ 好戲還在後頭 | [ haǒ xì haí zaì hoù tou ] the best part of the show is yet to come, (with ironic tone) the worst is yet to come, you ain't seen nothin' yet |
| ⇒ 嬉戲 | [ xī xì ] to frolic, to romp |
| ⇒ 布袋戲 | [ bù daì xì ] glove puppetry |
| ⇒ 布袋戲偶 | [ bù daì xì oǔ ] glove puppet (Tw) |
| ⇒ 帽子戲法 | [ maò zi xì fǎ ] hat trick (when one player scores three goals) |
| ⇒ 床上戲 | [ chuáng shàng xì ] sex scene (in a movie etc) |
| ⇒ 床戲 | [ chuáng xì ] sex scene (in a movie etc) |
| ⇒ 把戲 | [ bǎ xì ] acrobatics, jugglery, cheap trick, game |
| ⇒ 折子戲 | [ zhé zi xì ] opera highlights performed as independent pieces |
| ⇒ 拍戲 | [ paī xì ] to shoot a movie |
| ⇒ 拼板遊戲 | [ pīn bǎn yoú xì ] jigsaw puzzle, wood block puzzle |
| ⇒ 拿手好戲 | [ ná shoǔ haǒ xì ] the role an actor plays best (idiom), (fig.) one's specialty, one's forte |
| ⇒ 掌中戲 | [ zhǎng zhōng xì ] see 布袋戲|布袋戏[bu4 dai4 xi4] |
| ⇒ 接戲 | [ jiē xì ] to accept an acting role |
| ⇒ 散戲 | [ sàn xì ] end of a show |
| ⇒ 有戲 | [ yoǔ xì ] (coll.) promising, likely to turn out well |
| ⇒ 柳子戲 | [ liǔ zi xì ] Shandong opera |
| ⇒ 樣板戲 | [ yàng bǎn xì ] model theater (operas and ballets produced during the Cultural Revolution) |
| ⇒ 權力的遊戲 | [ quán lì de yoú xì ] Game of Thrones (TV series) |
| ⇒ 歌仔戲 | [ gē zaǐ xì ] type of opera from Taiwan and Fujian |
| ⇒ 汽車戲院 | [ qì chē xì yuàn ] drive-in theater |
| ⇒ 沒戲 | [ meí xì ] (coll.) not a chance, no way, hopeless |
| ⇒ 游戲手柄 | [ yoú xì shoǔ bǐng ] gamepad |
| ⇒ 游戲池 | [ yoú xì chí ] paddling pool, wading pool |
| ⇒ 演戲 | [ yǎn xì ] to put on a play, to perform, fig. to pretend, to feign |
| ⇒ 牌戲 | [ paí xì ] a card game |
| ⇒ 猴戲 | [ hoú xì ] monkey show |
| ⇒ 獨腳戲 | [ dú xì ] variant of 獨角戲|独角戏[du2 jiao3 xi4] |
| ⇒ 獨角戲 | [ dú xì ] monodrama, one-man show, comic talk |
| ⇒ 皮影戲 | [ pí yǐng xì ] shadow play |
| ⇒ 看戲 | [ kàn xì ] to watch a play, to watch passively (i.e. from the sidelines, from the crowd) |
| ⇒ 社戲 | [ shè xì ] theatrical performance (e.g. on religious festival) |
| ⇒ 老戲骨 | [ laǒ xì gǔ ] (dialect) veteran actor, old trouper |
| ⇒ 聯機遊戲 | [ lián jī yoú xì ] a network computer game |
| ⇒ 聽戲 | [ tīng xì ] to attend an opera, to see an opera |
| ⇒ 花燈戲 | [ huā dēng xì ] opera for popular in Sichuan and Yunnan |
| ⇒ 花鼓戲 | [ huā gǔ xì ] opera form popular along Changjiang |
| ⇒ 裸戲 | [ luǒ xì ] nude scene (in a movie) |
| ⇒ 視同兒戲 | [ shì tóng ér xì ] to regard sth as a plaything (idiom); to consider unimportant, to view as trifling |
| ⇒ 角色扮演遊戲 | [ jué sè bàn yǎn yoú xì ] role-playing game (RPG) |
| ⇒ 調戲 | [ xì ] to take liberties with a woman, to dally, to assail a woman with obscenities |
| ⇒ 諧戲 | [ xié xì ] to joke |
| ⇒ 謔戲 | [ xuè xì ] fun and mockery |
| ⇒ 變戲法 | [ biàn xì fǎ ] to perform conjuring tricks, to conjure, to juggle |
| ⇒ 變把戲 | [ biàn bǎ xì ] to perform magic, to do magic tricks, prestidigitation |
| ⇒ 貓鼠遊戲 | [ maō shǔ yoú xì ] cat and mouse game |
| ⇒ 逢場作戲 | [ féng chǎng zuò xì ] lit. find a stage, put on a comedy (idiom); to join in the fun, to play along according to local conditions |
| ⇒ 遊戲 | [ yoú xì ] game, CL:場|场[chang3], to play |
| ⇒ 遊戲場 | [ yoú xì chǎng ] playground |
| ⇒ 遊戲手把 | [ yoú xì shoǔ bà ] gamepad (Tw) |
| ⇒ 遊戲機 | [ yoú xì jī ] video game, game machine |
| ⇒ 遊戲王 | [ yoú xì wáng ] Yu-Gi-Oh! |
| ⇒ 遊戲設備 | [ yoú xì shè beì ] gaming device, controller (for computer or console) |
| ⇒ 遊戲說 | [ yoú xì shuō ] theory of free play (in Kant's philosophy) |
| ⇒ 重頭戲 | [ zhòng toú xì ] opera (or role) involving much singing and action, (fig.) highlight, main feature, major activity |
| ⇒ 開戲 | [ kaī xì ] to start an opera |
| ⇒ 雜戲 | [ zá xì ] acrobatics, entertainment at folk festival |
| ⇒ 電子遊戲 | [ diàn zǐ yoú xì ] computer and video games |
| ⇒ 露天大戲院 | [ lù tiān dà xì yuàn ] open-air amphitheater |
| ⇒ 馬戲 | [ mǎ xì ] circus |
| ⇒ 馬戲團 | [ mǎ xì tuán ] circus |
| ⇒ 高甲戲 | [ gaō jiǎ xì ] Gaojia opera of Fujian and Taiwan |
| ⇒ 鬼把戲 | [ guǐ bǎ xì ] sinister plot, dirty trick, cheap trick |
| ⇒ 鴛鴦戲水 | [ yuān yāng xì shuǐ ] lit. mandarin ducks playing in the water, fig. to make love |
| ⇒ 黃梅戲 | [ huáng meí xì ] Huangmei opera (local opera of Anhui) |