玩水 (waan2 seoi2 | wan2 shui3) : play with water

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玩水

waan2 seoi2

wan2 shui3

dabble; play with water; play in the water

Level: 2
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

玩水

This word has been viewed 2280 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 19th Sep 2005 15:56 and last edited on 17th May 2014 15:56

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Characters in this word:

玩 waan2 wun6 - play; have fun; employ; enjoy
水 seoi2 - water; liquid; dough (money)

1 compounds containing this word:

游山玩水 - visit and enjoy different locales and landscape

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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?

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