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  waan2 wun6   jyutping
  wan2   pinyin
[] waan2 | [] wan2
play (with); have fun; amuse oneself

[] wun6 | [] wan2
[1] employ; resort to; play (tricks)
[2] appreciate; enjoy; ruminate
[3] trifle with; play around with

verb
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Radical: (#96)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

This word has been viewed 19130 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 10th Oct 2013 11:42

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detail  wun6 ji4  wanr2 = to play (with a toy)
detail  wun6 geoi6  wan2 ju4 = toy
detail  hoi1 waan4 siu3  kai1 wan2 xiao4 = play a joke on someone; to joke
detail  waan2*4 siu3  wan2 xiao4 = joke; jest
detail  waan2 seoi2  wan2 shui3 = play with water
detail  wun6 geoi6 pou3*2  wan2 ju4 pu4 = toy shop
detail  sing3 wun6 geoi6  xing4 wan2 ju4 = sex toy
detail  waan4*2 je5   = play around; make trouble
detail  wun6 ji3 ji4  wan2 yi4 er5 = thing; thingy; toy; act; trick
detail  wun6 lung6  wan2 nong4 = play with; engage in; resort to
detail  ging6 waan4*2  jin4 wan2 = to have lots of fun
detail  song3 waan4*2  sang1 wan2 = have lots of fun
detail  hou2 waan4*2  hao3 wan2 = amusing; fun; interesting
detail  waan4*2 jyun4   = game over
detail  waan4*2 gaa1   = game player
detail  waan4*2 faat3   = to dicker with (law)
detail  waan4*2 dak1 zan1 hoi1 sam1   = had lots of fun
detail  waan4*2 ge3 je5   = a toy, plaything
detail  bat1 si6 wun6 ji4 dik1  bu4 shi4 wanr2 de5 = "it's no joke"
detail  hou2 wun6 ji4  hao3 wanr2 = (adj) interesting; delightful
detail  wun6 geoi6 dim3  wan2 ju4 dian4 = a toy shop
detail  taam1 waan4*2  tan1 wan2 = to want to have a good time
detail  waan4*2 zyun3  wan2 zhuan3 = to possess knowledge of; having command of, being adept in
detail  waan4*2 jau4 hei3   = to play a game
detail  siu2 wun6 ji3 ji4  xiao3 wan2 yi4 er5 = gismo, gadget
detail  waan4 ze6   = to play someone
detail  hek3 hot3 wun6 lok6  chi1 he1 wan2 le4 = (set phrase) eat, drink and be merry; to seek pleasure; to idle away one's time in pleasure-seeking
detail  gu2 wun6*2  gu3 wan2 = antique, curio
detail  siu2 wun6 ji3  xiao3 wan2 yi4 = bauble; doohickey; gadget; gadgetry; jigger
detail  siu2 wun6 ngai6   = pretty-pretty
detail  wun6 ngau5  wan2 ou3 = doll; toy figurine
detail  wun6 fat1 zik1 sau2  wan2 hu1 zhi2 shou3 = dereliction of duty
detail  wun6 mat6  wan2 wu4 = playing thing, plaything, toy
detail  zan1 wun6  zhen1 wan2 = rare curios
detail  jau4 saan1 wun6 seoi2  you2 shan1 wan2 shui3 = visit and enjoy different locales and landscape
detail  waan4 saa2  wan2 shua3 = to enjoy oneself; to play (of children)
detail  waan4*2 pou1 ging6   = to come across fiercely
detail  waan4*2 haa5 sau2  wan3 xia4 shou3 = suddenly; before you know it
detail  waan4*2 zam1 deoi3  wan2 zhen1 dui4 = to intentionally pick on; to give a person a hard time on purpose
detail  waan4*2 gwo3 fo2  wan2 guo4 huo3 = get too carried away; take things too far
detail  waan4*2 nai4 saa1  wan2 ni2 sha1 = 1. play with sand 2. child games; fooling around
detail  din6 wun6  dian4 wan2 = computer games; video games
detail  waan4*2 sei2  wan2 si3 = play with someone until he is dead
detail  jau4 waan2  you2 wan2 = amuse oneself; have fun; go sightseeing, take a stroll
detail  waan2 meng6  wan2 ming4 = play with one's life
detail  wun6 geoi6 faan2 dau2 sing4  wan2 ju4 fan3 dou3 cheng2 = Toys "R" Us
detail  hoeng1 gong2 dung6 maan6 din6 waan4 zit3  xiang1 gang3 dong4 man4 dian4 wan2 jie2 = ACGHK, Animation-Comic-Game Hong Kong, annual fair
detail  waan2 sat1 zung1   = do a disappearing act
detail  cam1 maai4 waan2   = let sb join the fun
detail  wun6 lung6 jyu1 gu2 zoeng2 zi1 soeng6   = play someone like a fiddle

Showing all 10 examples containing 玩
detail 今晚慢慢
Enjoy yourselves this evening.
[Lit. This evening slowly play]
detail 我們電腦遊戲!
Let's play video games!
detail 廣東話好好
Learning Cantonese is very interesting.
detail 日日掛住
Every day, my mind is on playing.
detail 真係無聊落去
You're being ridiculous, I don't want to mess around any more.
[Lit. really nonsense, I not want play-continue [particle]. 落去 has the meaning of "continue" here and may be suffixed to many verbs.]
detail audio 上網不如聽朝
Still surfing the web at this time of the night? Why don't you (go to bed) and go online again in the morning?
detail 唔好玩水唔係就𢱕濕
Don't play in the water, or else you will get your clothes wet.
detail audio 而家情況重有心情游山玩水?
He still has the mood to go for sightseeing at a time like this?
detail 舊底玩具風靡一時而家㗎喇
This type of toy was once very fashionable and popular. Now it is no longer an 'in thing'.
detail audio 今朝關於你嘅裡面見到一齊器械
This morning I had a dream, it was about you. In the dream I saw us playing the equipment together

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