嬉

xī

(literary) to amuse oneself; to play; to have fun

Radical: 女 Strokes: 15

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Level 2 character

Same radical

女如好威委妇奸妙娘奴婆姑

Same radical

女如好威委妇奸妙娘奴婆姑婚妆娇

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Character Decomposition

嬉=女+喜

Etymology

woman

Meanings

(literary) to amuse oneself; to play; to have fun

xī

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Words with 嬉 58 total

to play嬉耍xī shuǎ to frolic; to romp嬉戏xī xì to amuse oneself · to have fun嬉游xī yóu hippie (loanword) (Tw)嬉皮xī pí to be laughing and playing · to giggle嬉笑xī xiào hippie (loanword)嬉皮士xī pí shì all smiles · smiling mischievously or ingratiatingly嬉皮笑脸xī pí xiào liǎn lit. laughs, jeers, anger and invective (idiom) · fig. all kinds of emotions · to mock and scold · (of writing) freely roving · following the author's fancy嬉笑怒骂xī xiào nù mà (of a corrupt regime) the civil officials are indolent and the military officers frivolous文恬武嬉wén tián wǔ xī to be distracted from one's work and fail to achieve results (idiom)业荒于嬉yè huāng yú xī

Idioms with 嬉 6 total Chain

(of a corrupt regime) the civil officials are indolent and the military officers frivolous文恬武嬉wén tián wǔ xī all smiles · smiling mischievously or ingratiatingly嬉皮笑脸xī pí xiào liǎn lit. laughs, jeers, anger and invective (idiom) · fig. all kinds of emotions · to mock and scold · (of writing) freely roving · following the author's fancy嬉笑怒骂xī xiào nù mà

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