| 1 | 戏曲 | 戲曲 | xì qǔ | xi4 qu3 | Chinese opera | | |
| 2 | 戏 | 戯 | xì | xi4 | trick; drama; play; show; Classifiers: 出 ,场 ,台 ; variant of 戏 | | |
| 3 | 戏剧 | 戲劇 | xì jù | xi4 ju4 | drama; play; theater | | |
| 4 | 游戏 | 遊戲 | yóu xì | you2 xi4 | game; Classifiers: 场 ; to play | | |
| 5 | 演戏 | 演戲 | yǎn xì | yan3 xi4 | to put on a play; to perform; fig. to pretend; to feign | | |
| 6 | 戏剧性 | 戲劇性 | xì jù xìng | xi4 ju4 xing4 | dramatic | | |
| 7 | 戏台 | 戲臺 | xì tái | xi4 tai2 | stage | | |
| 8 | 唱戏 | 唱戲 | chàng xì | chang4 xi4 | to perform in opera | | |
| 9 | 把戏 | 把戲 | bǎ xì | ba3 xi4 | acrobatics; jugglery; cheap trick; game | | |
| 10 | 戏偶 | 戲偶 | xì ǒu | xi4 ou3 | glove puppet; Classifiers: 尊 | | |
| 11 | 戏精 | 戲精 | xì jīng | xi4 jing1 | (neologism c. 2017) melodramatic person; drama queen | | |
| 12 | 游戏手柄 | 游戲手柄 | yóu xì shǒu bǐng | you2 xi4 shou3 bing3 | gamepad | | |
| 13 | 地方戏曲 | 地方戲曲 | dì fāng xì qǔ | di4 fang1 xi4 qu3 | local Chinese opera, such as Shaoxing opera 越剧 , Sichuan opera 川剧 , Henan opera 豫剧 etc | | |
| 14 | 地方戏 | 地方戲 | dì fāng xì | di4 fang1 xi4 | local Chinese opera, such as Shaoxing opera 越剧 , Sichuan opera 川剧 , Henan opera 豫剧 etc | | |
| 15 | 大戏 | 大戲 | dà xì | da4 xi4 | large-scale Chinese opera; Beijing opera; major dramatic production (movie, TV series etc) | | |
| 16 | 游戏手把 | 遊戲手把 | yóu xì shǒu bà | you2 xi4 shou3 ba4 | gamepad (Tw) | | |
| 17 | 布袋戏偶 | 布袋戲偶 | bù dài xì ǒu | bu4 dai4 xi4 ou3 | glove puppet (Tw) | | |
| 18 | 床戏 | 床戲 | chuáng xì | chuang2 xi4 | sex scene (in a movie etc) | | |
| 19 | 床上戏 | 床上戲 | chuáng shàng xì | chuang2 shang4 xi4 | sex scene (in a movie etc) | | |
| 20 | 独脚戏 | 獨腳戲 | dú jiǎo xì | du2 jiao3 xi4 | monodrama; one-man show; comic talk; variant of 独角戏 | | |
| 21 | 做戏 | 做戲 | zuò xì | zuo4 xi4 | to act in a play; to put on a play | | |
| 22 | 布袋戏 | 布袋戲 | bù dài xì | bu4 dai4 xi4 | glove puppetry | | |
| 23 | 高甲戏 | 高甲戲 | gāo jiǎ xì | gao1 jia3 xi4 | Gaojia opera of Fujian and Taiwan | | |
| 24 | 歌仔戏 | 歌仔戲 | gē zǎi xì | ge1 zai3 xi4 | type of opera from Taiwan and Fujian | | |
| 25 | 鬼把戏 | 鬼把戲 | guǐ bǎ xì | gui3 ba3 xi4 | sinister plot; dirty trick; cheap trick | | |