Definition
嬉戏 is a formal/literary verb meaning 'to play, frolic, sport'. You'll find it in written descriptions — animals playing on a lake, children running in a field. As a verb-object compound (离合词), it can technically split with inserted elements (e.g., 嬉了一天戏 'frolicked for a day'), though in practice it's more often used as a single unit. The register is elevated; in everyday speech, 玩 is preferred.
v.o.
to playfrolicsport (formal/literary)
Examples
- 嬉戏。Háizi men zài cǎodì shàng xī xì.The children are frolicking on the grass.
- 嬉戏。Xiǎo yāzi zài húshuǐ zhōng xī xì.The ducklings are playing in the lake water.
- 。Tāmen xī le yì tiān xì.They frolicked for a whole day.
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