Character breakdown
Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.
How to learn 戏耍
Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.
When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.
Words with the same characters
Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.
game (CL:場|场[chang3]); to play
戏xìtrick; drama; play; show; CL:齣|出[chu1],場|场[chang3],臺|台[tai2]; variant of 戲|戏[xi4]
戏剧xìjùa drama; a play; theater; script of a play
戏曲xìqǔChinese opera
耍shuǎsurname Shua; to play with; to wield; to act (cool etc); to display (a skill, one's temper etc)
耍赖shuǎlàito act shamelessly; to refuse to acknowledge that one has lost the game, or made a promise etc; to act dumb; to act as if sth never happened