戏
Traditional 戲 / 戯
Meaning
CC-CEDICTxì 戲
- trick
- drama
- play
- show
xì 戯
- variant of 戲 / 戏
In a conversation
0:25 cartoonA night at the opera
- Liangliang
灯灯,今晚去茶馆看戏吧!
Dengdeng, let's go to the teahouse tonight to see a show!
- Dengdeng
好啊!是什么戏?
Sure! What show is it?
- Liangliang
是京剧,一出很有名的老戏。
Beijing opera, a very famous old play.
- Dengdeng
我听不懂,不过我喜欢看他们的衣服。
I can't understand it, but I like looking at their costumes.
- Liangliang
看戏不用都听懂,看脸谱就知道了。红脸的是好人。
You don't need to understand it all to enjoy a show. Look at the face paint. A red face is a good guy.
- Dengdeng
我懂了!红脸的是好人,我下次还来看戏。
I get it! A red face is a good guy. I'll come to another show next time.
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In a sentence
2 examples我们所有的人都去剧院看戏。
All of us went to the theater to see a play.
Tatoeba: Chinese by Martha · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.
孩子们在院子里演戏,逗得大家哈哈大笑。
The children put on a play in the yard, making everyone laugh heartily.
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