DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

布袋戲

简布袋戏 · 繁布袋戲

Mandarin · pinyin bù dài xì

glove puppetry

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

布: bù · cotton cloth, textiles, linen
袋: dài · pocket, bag, sack, pouch
戲: Look up this written character
戏: xì · theatrical play, show

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

4–4–4 · bu4 dai4 xi4

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

4character links

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

布袋戲 · find source passages ↗ · 布袋戏 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗

Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 1 sense · 1 Cantonese reading

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

bou6 doi6 hei2

Cantonese word readings for 布袋戲. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

CanCLID contributors · CC BY 4.0 · source & license · Data pack

Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

noun

glove puppetry (a type of drama using cloth puppets originated in Southern Min-speaking regions of China); glove puppet show

Source page · dump 2026-09-02 · Contributors & history

Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source & license · Data pack