看戏 meaning in English

kànxì

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

Traditional 看戲15 strokes

Meaning of 看戏

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

kànxì
  1. to watch a play
  2. to watch passively (i.e. from the sidelines, from the crowd)

看戏 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ们men所suǒ有yǒu的de人rén都dōu去qù剧jù院yuàn看kàn戏xì。
All of us went to the theater to see a play.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

看 kàn · to see · 9 strokes

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  9. 9

戏 xì · trick · 6 strokes

  1. 1
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  6. 6

Related words

Words that share a character with 看戏.

看到kàndàoto see
看见kànjiànto see; to catch sight of
好看hǎokàngood-looking; nice-looking; (of a movie, book, TV show etc) good
看病kànbìngto visit a doctor; to see a patient
看法kànfǎway of looking at a thing; view
难看nánkànugly; unsightly
看起来kàn qǐláiseemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the
游戏yóuxìgame (CL:場|场[chang3]); to play
看上去kàn shàngqùit would appear; it seems (that)
观看guānkànto watch; to view
收看shōukànto watch (a TV program)
看来kànláiapparently; it seems that

Questions about 看戏

What does 看戏 mean?

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

How do you write 看戏?

看戏 is made of 2 characters: 看 (9 strokes), 戏 (6 strokes). That is 15 strokes in total.

How is 看戏 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 看戏 is written 看戲.