kàn​xì

to watch a play

看戏 看戲 kàn//xì
to watch a play verb + noun
To watch a theatrical performance or drama.

We went to the theater.

to watch from the sidelines
To watch something happen passively without getting involved, like a bystander observing a scene.

Frequency

Written text
2.13 per million

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)