玩 (waan4 waan4*2 wun6 | wan2) : play

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玩

waan4 waan4*2 wun6

wan2

[1] [v] play with; toy with [2] [v] enjoy oneself; amuse oneself; find pleasure in

Stroke count: 8

Level: 3

Radical: 玉 (#96)

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

玩

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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玩兒 wun6 ji4 wanr2 = to play (with a toy) 國

玩具 wun6 geoi6 wan2 ju4 = toy

開玩笑 hoi1 waan4 siu3 kai1 wan2 xiao4 = play a joke on someone; to joke

玩水 waan4*2 seoi4*2 wan2 shui3 = to play in the water; to play with water

玩具舖 wun6 geoi6 pou3*2 = toy shop

玩嘢 waan4*2 je5 = play around; make trouble 粵

玩笑 waan4 siu3; waan4*2 siu3 wan2 xiao4 = joke; jest

玩意兒 wun6 ji3 ji4 wan2 yi4 er5 = thing; thingy; toy; act; trick 國

玩弄 wun6 lung6 wan2 nong4 = play with; engage in; resort to

勁玩 ging6 waan4*2 jin4 wan2 = to have lots of fun
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今晚你慢慢玩粵
Enjoy yourselves this evening.
[Lit. This evening slowly play]

我們來玩電腦遊戲吧! 國
Let's play video games!

學廣東話好好玩。粵
Learning Cantonese is very interesting.

我日日掛住去玩。粵
Every day, my mind is on playing.

真係無聊，我唔想玩落去啦！粵
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.]

咁夜重上網？不如聽朝再玩過啦！粵
Still surfing the web at this time of the night? Why don't you (go to bed) and go online again in the morning?

唔好玩水，唔係就會𢱕濕衫喇。粵
Don't play in the water, or else you will get your clothes wet.

而家噉嘅情況佢重有心情去游山玩水? 粵
He still has the mood to go for sightseeing at a time like this?

舊底呢種玩具風靡一時，而家唔興咖啦粵
This type of toy was very fashionable and popular. Now it is no longer an 'in thing'.

我今朝發咗個夢，係關於你嘅。喺夢裡面我見到你同我一齊玩器械。粵
This morning I had a dream, it was about you. In the dream I saw us playing the equipment together

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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