看戲

Chinese

		to see; to look at; to look after to see; to look at; to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard; it depends; think	trick; drama; play trick; drama; play; show
trad. (看戲)		看	戲
simp. (看戏)		看	戏

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kànxì

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄢˋ ㄒㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hon³ hei³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): khon-hi

  (Meixian, Guangdong): kon⁴ hi⁴

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khòaⁿ-hì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kànxì
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄢˋ ㄒㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kànsì
    • Wade–Giles: kʻan⁴-hsi⁴
    • Yale: kàn-syì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kannshih
    • Palladius: каньси (kanʹsi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hon³ hei³
    • Yale: hon hei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hon³ hei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hon³ héi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːn³³ hei̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khon-hi
    • Hakka Romanization System: kon hi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kon⁴ hi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰon⁵⁵ hi⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: kon⁴ hi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰɔn⁵³⁻⁵⁵ hi⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khòaⁿ-hì
    • Tâi-lô: khuànn-hì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qvoarhix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ hi²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰuã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ hi²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰuã¹¹⁻⁵³ hi¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰuã²¹⁻⁴¹ hi²¹/

Verb

看⫽戲 (verb-object)

1. to watch a play
2. (chiefly literary Cantonese) to watch a film
3. (figurative) to observe passively from the side; to be a bystander

Synonyms

• (Cantonese, Teochew) 睇戲／睇戏