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玩嘢

waan4*2 je5

[1] to play around; to tease
[2] to make trouble; to provoke a fight

Literally means "play (玩) things (嘢)". Usually used when you see people are not being serious, or are acting just to be annoying.

This word can only be used in Spoken Cantonese or informal Cantonese writing. 粵

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 8,440,000

玩嘢

玩 waan4 waan4*2 wun6 wan2 - play
嘢 je5 ye3 - [粵] thing; articles

This word was added by Wonton on 16th Jan 2005 and last edited on 5th May 2008

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