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玩

wán

Pinyin

Definition

玩

wán

to play
to have fun
to trifle with
toy
sth used for amusement
curio or antique (Taiwan pr. [wàn])
to keep sth for entertainment

玩 (翫)

wán

variant of 玩[wán]
Taiwan pr. [wàn]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

玩

wán

1 to play
2 to have fun
3 to trifle with
4 toy
5 sth used for amusement
6 curio or antique (Taiwan pr. [wàn])
7 to keep sth for entertainment

玩家

wán jiā

1 player (of a game)
2 enthusiast (audio, model planes etc)

好玩

hǎo wán

1 amusing
2 fun
3 interesting

玩具

wán jù

1 plaything
2 toy

古玩

gǔ wán

1 antique
2 curio

Idioms (4)

吃喝玩乐

chī hē wán lè

1 to eat, drink and be merry (idiom)
2 to abandon oneself to a life of pleasure

玩世不恭

wán shì bù gōng

1 to trifle without respect (idiom); to despise worldly conventions
2 frivolous

玩火自焚

wán huǒ zì fén

1 to play with fire and get burnt (idiom); fig. to play with evil and suffer the consequences
2 to get one's fingers burnt

玩物丧志

wán wù sàng zhì

1 lit. trifling destroys the will (idiom); infatuation with fine details prevents one making progress
2 excessive attention to trivia saps the will

Sample Sentences

媳妇儿啊，看看我们的小宝贝儿，这脸蛋儿多可爱！但他自个儿在这儿玩儿，好像有点儿孤单。我们再生个孩子，给他做个伴儿吧！

xífur a ，kànkan wǒmen de xiǎo bǎobèir ，zhè liǎndànr duō kěài ！dàn tā zìgěr zài zhèr wánr ，hǎoxiàng yǒudiǎnr gūdān 。wǒmen zài shēng ge háizi ，gěi tā zuò ge bàner ba ！

My dear, look at our little baby, what a cute face! But he’s playing here by himself, and he seems a little lonely. Let’s have another baby to keep him company!

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嗯，你真会做人啊！我听说上海外滩挺好玩的。

en ，nǐ zhēn huì zuòrén a ！wǒ tīngshuō Shànghǎi Wàitān tǐng hǎowán de 。

Well, you are really sociable. I heard that Shanghai Bund is quite fun.

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你最近太贪玩儿了，成绩下滑了不少，差不多该收收心了。

nǐ zuìjìn tài tānwán r le ，chéngjì xiàhuá le bùshǎo ，chàbuduō gāi shōu shōuxīn le 。

You have been too playful lately and your grades have dropped a lot. It's almost time to get back to study mode.

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这个周末我们出去玩吧。

zhège zhōumò wǒmen chūqù wán ba 。

Let's go out this weekend.

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秦宇终于松了一口气，原来是个乌龙，只是虚惊一场罢了。他趁机问了女孩儿的名字，聊了几句，原来女孩儿喜欢看话剧，同时也是个古董控，一个月前去了上海玩，在上海看了几场话剧，还去逛了一些跳蚤市场。秦宇原本想加她微信，但女孩儿说手机上周摔坏了，暂时没有手机可以用。于是他们直接约了隔天表演开场前的半小时在剧院门口碰面。

QínYǔ zhōngyú sōngleyìkǒuqì ，yuánlái shì ge wūlóng ，zhǐshì xūjīngyìchǎng bàle 。tā chènjī wèn le nǚháiēr de míngzi ，liáo le jǐ jù ，yuánlái nǚháiēr xǐhuan kàn huàjù ，tóngshí yě shì ge gǔdǒng kòng ，yīgē yuè qián qù le Shànghǎi wán ，zài Shànghǎi kàn le jǐ chǎng huàjù ，hái qù quàng le yīxiē tiàozǎoshìchǎng 。QínYǔ yuánběn xiǎng jiā tā Wēixìn ，dàn nǚháiēr shuō shǒujī shàngzhōu shuāihuài le ，zànshí méiyǒu shǒujī kěyǐ yòng 。yúshì tāmen zhíjiē yuē le gétiān biǎoyǎn kāichǎng qián de bànxiǎoshí zài jùyuàn ménkǒu pèngmiàn 。

QinYu took a load off his mind. As it turned out that it's a mistake, merely a false alarm. He seized the opportunity and asked the girl's name, chatted for a while. In fact, the girl likes to watch stage drama, and she's a big fan of antique as well. Last month, she went to visit Shanghai, watched some play there, and visited some flea market. QinYu was thinking to add her on Wechat, but the girl said that she broke her phone last week, so she doesn't have a phone. Therefore, they decided to meet in front of the theatre half an hour before the play starts the next day.

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3.二十年后，他再次看到儿时一起玩耍的小明不由得热泪盈眶。

.èrshí nián hòu ，tā zàicì kàndào érshí yīqǐ wánshuǎ de xiǎomíng bùyóude rèlèiyíngkuàng 。

Twenty years later, when he met Xiao Ming, his childhood playmate , he could not help but burst into tears.

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怎么你这个贪玩的夜猫子也变得瞻前顾后了！

zěnme nǐ zhège tānwán de yèmāozi yě biànde zhānqiángùhòu le ！

Even a playful night owl like you have become so careful!

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不开开玩笑，快逼出心理病来了。

bù kāi kāiwánxiào ，kuài bī chū xīnlǐ bìng lái le 。

If we don't joke a little, we will come down with mental illness.