| 1 | 戏曲 | 戲曲 | xì qǔ | xi4 qu3 | Chinese opera | | |
| 2 | 戏 | 戲 | 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 | 戏剧性 | 戲劇性 | xì jù xìng | xi4 ju4 xing4 | dramatic | | |
| 5 | 戏台 | 戲臺 | xì tái | xi4 tai2 | stage | | |
| 6 | 戏偶 | 戲偶 | xì ǒu | xi4 ou3 | glove puppet; Classifiers: 尊 | | |
| 7 | 戏精 | 戲精 | xì jīng | xi4 jing1 | (neologism c. 2017) melodramatic person; drama queen | | |
| 8 | 戏侮 | 戲侮 | xì wǔ | xi4 wu3 | to insult | | |
| 9 | 戏耍 | 戲耍 | xì shuǎ | xi4 shua3 | to amuse oneself; to play with; to tease | | |
| 10 | 戏说 | 戲說 | xì shuō | xi4 shuo1 | dramatic form consisting of historical narration; history as jocular narrative; to stretch history for a joking story; amusing story with strained interpretations of history; to make an unreasonable comparison in jest | | |
| 11 | 戏说剧 | 戲說劇 | xì shuō jù | xi4 shuo1 ju4 | period costume drama (on TV) | | |
| 12 | 戏弄 | 戲弄 | xì nòng | xi4 nong4 | to play tricks on; to make fun of; to tease | | |
| 13 | 戏谑 | 戲謔 | xì xuè | xi4 xue4 | to banter; to crack jokes; to ridicule | | |
| 14 | 戏言 | 戲言 | xì yán | xi4 yan2 | joking matter; to go back on one's words | | |
| 15 | 戏眼 | 戲眼 | xì yǎn | xi4 yan3 | the best part (of a play etc) | | |
| 16 | 戏院 | 戲院 | xì yuàn | xi4 yuan4 | theater | | |
| 17 | 戏子 | 戲子 | xì zi | xi4 zi5 | (derog.) opera singer; actor | | |
| 18 | 戏票 | 戲票 | xì piào | xi4 piao4 | (theater etc) ticket | | |
| 19 | 戏码 | 戲碼 | xì mǎ | xi4 ma3 | item (on a program) | | |
| 20 | 戏剧家 | 戲劇家 | xì jù jiā | xi4 ju4 jia1 | dramatist; playwright | | |
| 21 | 戏剧化人格违常 | 戲劇化人格違常 | xì jù huà rén gé wéi cháng | xi4 ju4 hua4 ren2 ge2 wei2 chang2 | histrionic personality disorder (HPD) | | |
| 22 | 戏剧化 | 戲劇化 | xì jù huà | xi4 ju4 hua4 | theatrical | | |
| 23 | 戏份 | 戲份 | xì fèn | xi4 fen4 | scene (in a movie etc); one's part in a movie or play; (archaic) actor's payment | | |
| 24 | 戏仿 | 戲仿 | xì fǎng | xi4 fang3 | a parody; to parody | | |
| 25 | 戏法 | 戲法 | xì fǎ | xi4 fa3 | magic trick | | |