戏

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trick; drama; play; show; CL:齣|出[chu1],場|场[chang3],臺|台[tai2]

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Formation & memory

Break the character into parts you already know.

Ideographic compound (会意字)

A hand 又 doing tricks with a spear 戈

Components 又戈

frolic · Heisig RSH #638

crotch + fiesta

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
三个女人一台戏	sān ge nǚ rén yī tái xì	three women are enough for a drama (idiom)
电子游戏	diàn zǐ yóu xì	computer and video games
重头戏	zhòng tóu xì	opera (or role) involving much singing and action; (fig.) highlight; main feature; major a…
地方戏	dì fāng xì	local Chinese opera, such as Shaoxing opera 越劇\|越剧[Yue4 ju4], Sichuan opera 川劇\|川剧[Chuan1 ju…
游戏主机	yóu xì zhǔ jī	video game console
视同儿戏	shì tóng ér xì	to regard sth as a plaything (idiom); to consider unimportant; to view as trifling
地方戏曲	dì fāng xì qǔ	local Chinese opera, such as Shaoxing opera 越劇\|越剧[Yue4 ju4], Sichuan opera 川劇\|川剧[Chuan1 ju…
内心戏	nèi xīn xì	psychological drama
上海戏剧学院	Shàng hǎi Xì jù Xué yuàn	Shanghai Theatre Academy
变戏法	biàn xì fǎ	to perform conjuring tricks; to conjure; to juggle
露天大戏院	lù tiān dà xì yuàn	open-air amphitheater
联机游戏	lián jī yóu xì	a network computer game
大戏	dà xì	large-scale Chinese opera; Beijing opera; major dramatic production (movie, TV series etc)
戏子	xì zi	(derog.) Chinese opera performer; (derog.) actor
游戏机	yóu xì jī	video game machine; video game console
儿戏	ér xì	child's play; trifling matter
老戏骨	lǎo xì gǔ	(dialect) veteran actor; old trouper
马戏	mǎ xì	circus
有戏	yǒu xì	(coll.) promising; likely to turn out well
权力的游戏	Quán lì de Yóu xì	Game of Thrones (TV series)