把戲

See also: 把戏

Chinese

		handle; (a measure word); (marker for direct-object) handle; (a measure word); (marker for direct-object); to hold; to contain; to grasp; to take hold of	trick; drama; play trick; drama; play; show
trad. (把戲)		把	戲
simp. (把戏)		把	戏

Etymology

From Mongolian ᠪᠠᠭᠰᠢ (baɣsi, “master, trainer, teacher”) or Manchu ᠪᠠᡴᠰᡳ (baksi, “scholar”), in turn from Chinese 博士 (MC pak dzriX, “master”). Doublet of 博士 (bóshì) and 把式 (bǎshì).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎxì

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚˇ ㄒㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baa² hei³
• Gan (Wiktionary): ba³ xi
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pá-hi
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pá-hì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎxì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚˇ ㄒㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎsì
    • Wade–Giles: pa³-hsi⁴
    • Yale: bǎ-syì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baashih
    • Palladius: баси (basi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baa² hei³
    • Yale: bá hei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baa² hei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ba² héi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paː³⁵ hei̯³³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: ba³ xi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa²¹³⁻²¹ ɕi¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pá-hi
    • Hakka Romanization System: ba^ˋ hi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ba³ hi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /pa³¹ hi⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pá-hì
    • Tâi-lô: pá-hì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pafhix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hi²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pa⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hi²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hi¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pa⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hi²¹/

Noun

把戲

1. acrobatics; jugglery
2. cheap trick; game

Synonyms

• (acrobatics): (Hakka) 花草
• (cheap trick): 花招 (huāzhāo); (Hokkien) 氣祟／气祟, 鬼祟, 鬼壘鬼祟／鬼垒鬼祟