variant of 戲|戏[xi4]

acrobatics; jugglery; trick; ploy

a drama; a play; theater; script of a play

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

circus

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

dramatic

to play tricks on; to make fun of; to tease

theater; cinema

to shoot a movie

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

video game machine; video game console

magic trick

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

computer and video games

theatrical

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

to perform conjuring tricks; to conjure; to juggle

circus

scene (in a movie etc); one's part in a movie or play; (archaic) actor's payment

to perform in opera

(derog.) Chinese opera performer; (derog.) actor

(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

theatrical piece; (fig.) scenario (in real life)

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

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

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

a parody; to parody

to insult

glove puppet; CL:尊[zun1]

stage

traditional Chinese opera; lyrics and spoken lines in Chinese opera

Chinese opera

the best part (of a play etc)