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Wednesday, 10 December 2008

Drama





Drama


Pronunciation:

xi ( Putonghua, 4th tone )

hei ( Cantonese 3rd tone )

Meaning: drama, pretense, play, game


戲劇 ( xi ju ) drama

戲弄 ( xi nong playing / fingering with ) means fooling someone.

戲法 ( xi fa = drama / pretense magic / power ) means stage magic.

君子無戲言 ( jun zi wu xi yan = gentleman no joking words ) is asserting "I'm a man of integrity, my statement/promise is no joke".


遊戲 ( you xi = roaming playing ) means games.

兒童遊戲 ( er tong you xi = children's games

下棋 ( xia qi = placing chess pieces = chess game )

綱上遊戲 ( wang shang you xi = internet online game )

牌戲 ( pai xi = cards / tiles games ) covers bridge, mahjong etc.


遊戲人間 ( you xi ren jian = playing human world ) means taking life as a game, non seriously.


By: Raymond Mok 莫坤雄

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