See also: 游戏, 游戲, and 遊戯

Chinese edit

to roam; travel
 
trick; drama; play
trick; drama; play; show
trad. (遊戲)
simp. (游戏)
2nd round simp. 沋戏

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 3/3
Initial () (36) (32)
Final () (136) (13)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter yuw xjeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/jɨu/ /hˠiᴇH/
Pan
Wuyun
/jiu/ /hᵚiɛH/
Shao
Rongfen
/iəu/ /xiɛH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/juw/ /hjiə̆H/
Li
Rong
/iu/ /xjeH/
Wang
Li
/jĭəu/ /xǐeH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/i̯ə̯u/ /xie̯H/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yóu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jau4 hei3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
yóu
Middle
Chinese
‹ yuw › ‹ xjeH ›
Old
Chinese
/*[N-]ru/ /*ŋ̊(r)ar-s/
English wander about sport, joke

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 2/3
No. 15546 5195
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*lu/ /*qʰrals/
Notes

Noun edit

遊戲

  1. game (playful or competitive activity, except sport)
    1. (specifically) video game
      遊戲玩家游戏玩家  ―  yóuxì wánjiā  ―  video gamer
      主機遊戲主机游戏  ―  zhǔjī yóuxì  ―  console game

Verb edit

遊戲

  1. to play

Synonyms edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

Sino-Xenic (遊戲):
  • Japanese: (ゆう)() (yūgi)
  • Korean: 유희(遊戱) (yuhui)
  • Vietnamese: du hí (遊戲)

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
ゆう
Grade: 3

Jinmeiyō
on’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 遊戲 – see the following entry.
遊戯ゆうぎ
[noun] a game
[noun] a play (activity for amusement, especially for the young)
[verb] to play (a game)
遊戯ゆうげ
[noun] (uncommon) Same as ゆうぎ (yūgi) above
[verb] (uncommon) Same as ゆうぎ (yūgi) above
遊戯ゆげ
[noun] a game
[noun] an amusement
[noun] (Buddhism) freedom, said of the Buddha, bodhisattvas, or other enlightened beings
[proper noun] a surname
Alternative spelling
ゆけ
(This term, 遊戲, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Vietnamese edit

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Verb edit

遊戲

  1. chữ Hán form of du hí (to go sightseeing, to travel around, to tour around).