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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
Stroke count: 8
Level: 1
Radical: (#96)

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

This word has been viewed 19127 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
See all 50 compounds (CantoDict reports 46 compounds in total, which would seem to be an error - please report this on the CantoDict forum)

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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: This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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