Chinese symbol for “acrobatics”
把戏
bǎ xì
Traditional: 把戲
acrobatics; jugglery; trick; ploy
The closest CC-CEDICT match for acrobatics is 把戏 (bǎ xì), defined as: acrobatics; jugglery; trick; ploy.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “acrobatics”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 杂技 (雜技) | zá jì | acrobatics; 场 (chǎng) |
| 杂戏 (雜戲) | zá xì | acrobatics; entertainment at folk festival |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 把戏.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 把握 | bǎ wò | to grasp (also fig.); to seize |
| 把手 | bǎ shǒu | to shake hands |
| 把持 | bǎ chí | to control; to dominate |
| 把头 (把頭) | bǎ tóu | labor contractor; gangmaster |
| 游戏 (遊戲) | yóu xì | game (场 (chǎng)); to play |
| 戏剧 (戲劇) | xì jù | a drama; a play; theater; script of a play |
| 戏曲 (戲曲) | xì qǔ | Chinese opera |
| 游戏机 (遊戲機) | yóu xì jī | video game machine; video game console |
See also: Japanese symbol for “acrobatics”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.