Chinese symbol for “frolic”
嬉戏
xī xì
Traditional: 嬉戲
to frolic; to romp
The closest CC-CEDICT match for frolic is 嬉戏 (xī xì), defined as: to frolic; to romp.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “frolic”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 嬉戏.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 嬉皮 | xī pí | hippie (loanword) (Tw) |
| 嬉笑 | xī xiào | to be laughing and playing; to giggle |
| 嬉皮士 | xī pí shì | hippie (loanword) |
| 嬉皮笑脸 (嬉皮笑臉) | xī pí xiào liǎn | all smiles; smiling mischievously or ingratiatingly |
| 嬉笑怒骂 (嬉笑怒罵) | xī xiào nù mà | lit. laughs, jeers, anger and invective (idiom); fig. all kinds of emotions |
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “frolic”.
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.