variant of 戲|戏[xi4]

acrobatics; jugglery; trick; ploy

to put on a play; to perform; fig. to pretend; to feign

(coll.) not a chance; no way; hopeless

to shoot a movie

to take liberties with a woman; to dally; to assail a woman with obscenities

to watch a play; to watch passively (i.e. from the sidelines, from the crowd)

computer and video games

child's play; trifling matter

to frolic; to romp

(coll.) promising; likely to turn out well

crossword

foreplay

to act in a play; to put on a play

circus

to perform in opera

(of an actor) to disengage from the performance (e.g. after the show ends); (of an audience) to lose interest in the performance

large-scale Chinese opera; Beijing opera; major dramatic production (movie, TV series etc)

lit. find a stage, put on a comedy (idiom); to join in the fun; to play along according to local conditions

opera (or role) involving much singing and action; (fig.) highlight; main feature; major activity

to act in a play; (of an amateur) to play a part in a professional performance

Beijing opera; CL:齣|出[chu1]

Anhui local opera

(of an actor) to inhabit one's role; to become the character; (of an audience) to get involved in the drama

to attend an opera; to see an opera

kissing scene (in a movie etc)

to direct a movie or play

sex scene (in a movie etc)

to start an opera

(opera, drama, film) fight scene

to accept an acting role

end of a show

(opera, drama, film) non-action scene

acrobatics; entertainment at folk festival

a card game

monkey show

theatrical performance (e.g. on religious festival)

nude scene (in a movie)

to joke

fun and mockery

puppet show

puppet show

psychological drama

last item on a show; grand finale

final and most important item on a program; grand finale; (traditional Chinese opera) penultimate item on the program; Taiwan pr. [ya1zhou2xi4]

to perform magic; to do magic tricks; prestidigitation

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

last item on a program (theater)

glove puppetry