唱戏
chàng xì
Pinyin

Definition

唱戏
 - 
chàng xì
  1. to perform in opera

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

唱
chàng
  1. 1 to sing
  2. 2 to call loudly
  3. 3 to chant
唱歌
chàng gē
  1. 1 to sing a song
假唱
jiǎ chàng
  1. 1 to lip-sync (singing)
合唱
hé chàng
  1. 1 chorus
  2. 2 to chorus
合唱团
hé chàng tuán
  1. 1 chorus
  2. 2 choir
唱片
chàng piàn
  1. 1 gramophone record
  2. 2 LP
  3. 3 music CD
  4. 4 musical album
  5. 5 CL:張|张[zhāng]
歌唱
gē chàng
  1. 1 to sing
演唱
yǎn chàng
  1. 1 sung performance
  2. 2 to sing for an audience
演唱会
yǎn chàng huì
  1. 1 vocal recital or concert
翻唱
fān chàng
  1. 1 cover song
  2. 2 to cover a song
二重唱
èr chóng chàng
  1. 1 duet
伴唱
bàn chàng
  1. 1 vocal accompaniment
  2. 2 to accompany a singer
  3. 3 to support of sb
  4. 4 to echo sb
  5. 5 to chime in with sb
传唱
chuán chàng
  1. 1 to pass on a song
吟唱
yín chàng
  1. 1 to chant
  2. 2 to recite
哼唱
hēng chàng
  1. 1 to hum
  2. 2 to croon
唱功
chàng gōng
  1. 1 singing skill
唱反调
chàng fǎn diào
  1. 1 to express a different view
  2. 2 to take a different position
唱名
chàng míng
  1. 1 solfege
唱和
chàng hè
  1. 1 antiphon (i.e. solo voice answered by chorus)
  2. 2 sung reply (in agreement with first voice)
  3. 3 to reply with a poem in the same rhythm
唱念
chàng niàn
  1. 1 to recite loudly
  2. 2 to sing out

Idioms (8)

一唱一和
yī chàng yī hè
  1. 1 to echo one another (idiom)
唱对台戏
chàng duì tái xì
  1. 1 to put on a rival show (idiom); to set oneself up against sb
  2. 2 to get into confrontation
唱白脸
chàng bái liǎn
  1. 1 to play the role of the villain (idiom)
唱空城计
chàng kōng chéng jì
  1. 1 lit. to sing “The Empty City Stratagem” (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to put up a bluff to conceal one's weakness
  3. 3 (jocularly) (of a place etc) to be empty
  4. 4 (of one's stomach) to be rumbling
唱红脸
chàng hóng liǎn
  1. 1 to play the role of the hero (idiom)
  2. 2 to play the good cop
唱高调
chàng gāo diào
  1. 1 to sing the high part
  2. 2 to speak fine sounding but empty words (idiom)
彼唱此和
bǐ chàng cǐ hé
  1. 1 to chorus sb else's lead (idiom); to chime in in agreement
高唱入云
gāo chàng rù yún
  1. 1 loud songs reaches the clouds (idiom); fig. to praise to the skies

Sample Sentences

会的。不过你别怕，他不会吃你豆腐的。听说他喝醉的时候只会唱戏。
huì de 。bùguò nǐ bié pà ，tā bùhuì chī nǐ dòufu de 。tīngshuō tā hēzuì de shíhou zhǐ huì chàngxì 。
Yeah. But don't be afraid. He won't act sleazy. I hear that when he gets drunk he just sings opera.
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我们老年人福气要自己找。我要去公园唱戏了。下次请你们来我家，看我在台湾拍的照片。我先走了！
wǒmen lǎoniánrén fúqì yào zìjǐ zhǎo 。wǒ yào qù gōngyuán chàngxì le 。xiàcì qǐng nǐmen lái wǒ jiā ，kàn wǒ zài Táiwān pāi de zhàopiàn 。wǒ xiān zǒu le ！
Old folks like us have to look for our own happiness. I'm going to the park to sing opera. Soon I'll have you over to my house to look at the pictures I took in Taiwan. So long!
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