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玩意兒

wun6 ji3 ji4

wan2 yi4 er5

thing; thingy; toy; act; trick

This word can not be used in Spoken Cantonese 國

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 1,090,000

玩意兒 / 玩意儿

玩 waan4 waan4*2 wun6 wan2 - play
意 ji3 yi4 yi1 - thought; sentiments
兒 ji4 er2 er1 ni2 er5 - child

* The simplified equivalent of this word has not been verified by any editors, so it may not be fully accurate *

This word was added by tym on 3rd May 2005 and last edited on 1st Aug 2007

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