Chinese symbol for “promising”
有戏
yǒu xì
Traditional: 有戲
(coll.) promising; likely to turn out well
The closest CC-CEDICT match for promising is 有戏 (yǒu xì), defined as: (coll.) promising; likely to turn out well.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “promising”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 有望 | yǒu wàng | hopeful; promising |
| 远大 (遠大) | yuǎn dà | far-reaching; broad |
| 有潜力 (有潛力) | yǒu qián lì | promising; showing potential |
| 有为 (有為) | yǒu wéi | promising; to show promise |
| 有希望 | yǒu xī wàng | hopeful; promising |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 有戏.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 没有 (沒有) | méi yǒu | haven't; hasn't |
| 所有 | suǒ yǒu | all; to have; to possess; to own |
| 还有 (還有) | hái yǒu | there still remain(s); there is (or are) still; in addition |
| 只有 | zhǐ yǒu | only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才 (cái)) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通过治疗才能痊愈 (zhǐ yǒu tōng gu |
| 有人 | yǒu rén | someone; people |
| 有关 (有關) | yǒu guān | to have sth to do with; to relate to |
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “promising”.
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.