城會玩

Chinese

		city walls; city; town	to meet; to gather; group to meet; to gather; group; to assemble; association; be able to; be likely to; to balance an account; accounting	curios; antiques; to play curios; antiques; to play; to amuse oneself
trad. (城會玩)		城	會	玩
simp. (城会玩)		城	会	玩

Etymology

From the phrase:

你們城裡人真會玩。 [MSC, trad.]
你们城里人真会玩。 [MSC, simp.]

Nǐmen chénglǐrén zhēn huì wán. [Pinyin]

You city dwellers really know how to have fun.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chéng huì wán

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄨㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chéng huì wán
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄨㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chéng huèi wán
    • Wade–Giles: chʻêng² hui⁴ wan²
    • Yale: chéng hwèi wán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherng huey wan
    • Palladius: чэн хуэй вань (čɛn xuej vanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ wän³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chénghuìwánr
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄨㄢˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chénghuèiwánr
    • Wade–Giles: chʻêng²-hui⁴-wan²-ʼrh
    • Yale: chéng-hwèi-wánr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chernghueywal
    • Palladius: чэнхуэйваньр (čɛnxuejvanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ wɑɻ³⁵/

Phrase

城會玩

1. (Mainland China, neologism, slang, originally sarcastic) Used to respond to someone who did something that is out of the ordinary, hard to understand, or new and strange.