玩耍

Chinese

		curios; antiques; to play curios; antiques; to play; to amuse oneself	play with; to juggle
trad. (玩耍)		玩	耍
simp. #(玩耍)		玩	耍
alternative forms		頑耍／顽耍 proscribed

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wánshuǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˊ ㄕㄨㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waan⁴ saa² / wun⁶ saa²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wánshuǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˊ ㄕㄨㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wánshuǎ
    • Wade–Giles: wan²-shua³
    • Yale: wán-shwǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wanshoa
    • Palladius: ваньшуа (vanʹšua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän³⁵ ʂu̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waan⁴ saa² / wun⁶ saa²
    • Yale: wàahn sá / wuhn sá
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waan⁴ saa² / wun⁶ saa²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wan⁴ sa² / wun⁶ sa²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːn²¹ saː³⁵/, /wuːn²² saː³⁵/

Verb

玩耍

1. to play; to enjoy, amuse or entertain oneself; to have fun

Synonyms

• 娛樂／娱乐 (yúlè)
• 嬉戲／嬉戏 (xīxì)
• 嬉遊／嬉游 (xīyóu)
• 玩
• 玩笑 (wánxiào)
• 耍 (shuǎ)
• 耍笑 (shuǎxiào)
• 遊尞／游尞 (Taiwanese Hakka)
• 遊戲／游戏 (yóuxì)
• 遊玩／游玩 (yóuwán)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 玩 (“to play; to play with”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		嬉, 戲
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		玩, 玩耍
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	玩兒
	Taiwan	玩
	Malaysia	玩
	Singapore	玩
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	玩兒
	Jinan	玩兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	站, 耍1
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	耍1
	Xi'an	耍1
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	耍1
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	耍1
	Wuhan	玩
	Guilin	耍1
	Liuzhou	玩
	Dagudi (Maliba)	玩
	Reshuitang (Longling)	玩
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	玩
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	玩
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	玩
	Hefei	玩
Mandarin	Nanping (Yanping)	耍1
Cantonese	Guangzhou	玩, 嫽
	Hong Kong	玩
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	嫽
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	玩
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	嫽
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	嫽
	Macau	玩
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	玩, 仙
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	去嫽
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	玩, 嫽
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	嫽
	Foshan	嫽
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	成人, 玩
	Foshan (Shunde)	玩
	Foshan (Sanshui)	耍1, 玩
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	耍1
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	耍1
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	玩
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	玩
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	嫽
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	嫽
	Taishan	嫽, 戀
	Kaiping (Chikan)	嫽
	Enping (Niujiang)	嫽
	Heshan (Yayao)	耍1
	Dongguan	嫽
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	嫽
	Qingyuan	耍1
	Fogang	嫽
	Yingde (Hanguang)	嫽
	Yangshan	耍1
	Lianshan (Butian)	耍極
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	耍1
	Shaoguan	玩
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	玩
	Renhua	玩
	Lechang	玩
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	耍1
	Sihui	玩耍
	Guangning	耍1
	Deqing	蕩
	Huaiji	耍1
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	耍1
	Yunfu	耍1, 搞
	Xinxing	轉
	Luoding	玩, 耍1
	Yunan (Pingtai)	蕩
	Yangjiang	搞
	Xinyi	嫽, 蕩
	Maoming (Xinpo)	嫽
	Lianjiang	嫽
	Nanning	耍1
	Wuzhou	去嫽
	Beihai	嘢
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	耍1
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	玩
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	耍1
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	玩, 嫽
	Penang (Guangfu)	玩
	Singapore (Guangfu)	玩, 嫽
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	玩, 嫽
	Móng Cái	耍1
Gan	Nanchang	暱, 玩
	Lichuan	猥
	Pingxiang	耍1
Hakka	Meixian	嫽, 搞
	Xingning	嫽
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	嫽
	Huiyang	嫽
	Huidong (Daling)	嫽
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	嫽
	Boluo (Bendihua)	嫽
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	嫽
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	嫽
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	嫽
	Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)	嫽
	Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)	嫽
	Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)	嫽
	Wengyuan	嫽
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	嫽
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	嫽
	Liannan	嫽
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	嫽
	Jiexi	搣
	Luhe	搞
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	嫽
	Changting	嫽
	Wuping	嫽
	Wuping (Pingyu)	嫽
	Liancheng	嫽
	Ninghua	嬉
	Yudu	嫽, 搞
	Shicheng	嬉
	Shangyou (Shexi)	嫽
	Tonggu (Sandu)	嫽
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	嫽
	Dayu	搞, 嫽
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	尞, 搞
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	尞, 搞
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	尞, 搞
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	尞, 搞
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	尞, 爽
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	尞, 搞
	Hong Kong	嫽, 搞
	Mengshan (Xihe)	嫽, 搞
	Luchuan	嫽
	Senai (Huiyang)	嫽
	Kuching (Hepo)	搞
Huizhou	Jixi	嬉
Jin	Taiyuan	耍1
Northern Min	Jian'ou	嬉
	Songxi	嬉
	Zhenghe	嬉
	Jianyang	嬉
	Wuyishan	嬉
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	客佻
	Fuzhou (Changle)	客佻
	Lianjiang	客佻
	Fuqing	客佻
	Pingtan	客佻
	Yongtai	客佻
	Minqing	客佻
	Gutian	客佻
	Pingnan	他佻
	Luoyuan	客佻
	Fu'an	宅佻
	Ningde	客佻
	Xiapu	客佻
	Zherong	宅佻
	Shouning	宅佻
	Zhouning	宅佻
	Fuding	宅佻
	Matsu	客佻
	Singapore (Fuqing)	客佻
	Sitiawan (Gutian)	客佻
Southern Min	Xiamen	耍2, 𨑨迌, 奕
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	𨑨迌
	Quanzhou	𨑨, 𨑨迌
	Jinjiang	𨑨迌
	Nan'an	𨑨迌
	Shishi	𨑨迌, 𨑨
	Hui'an	𨑨迌
	Anxi	𨑨迌
	Yongchun	𨑨迌
	Dehua	𨑨迌
	Zhangzhou	耍2, 𨑨迌, 奕
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	𨑨迌
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	耍2, 𨑨迌
	Hua'an	𨑨迌
	Nanjing	𨑨迌
	Pinghe	𨑨迌
	Zhangpu	𨑨迌
	Yunxiao	𨑨迌
	Zhao'an	耍2, 𨑨迌
	Dongshan	𨑨迌
	Taipei	耍2, 𨑨迌, 奕
	Kaohsiung	耍2, 𨑨迌, 奕
	Kinmen	𨑨迌
	Penang (Hokkien)	𨑨迌, 奕
	Singapore (Hokkien)	耍2, 𨑨迌
	Manila (Hokkien)	奕, 𨑨, 𨑨迌
	Longyan	𨑨迌
	Zhangping	𨑨迌
	Datian	嬉
	Chaozhou	耍2, 𨑨迌
	Raoping	耍2
	Shantou	耍2, 𨑨迌
	Shantou (Chenghai)	𨑨迌
	Jieyang	耍2, 𨑨迌, 羅坐
	Lufeng	𨑨迌
	Haifeng	𨑨迌
	Bangkok (Teochew)	𨑨迌
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	𨑨迌
	Singapore (Teochew)	耍2, 𨑨迌
	Pontianak (Teochew)	耍2
	Leizhou	弄
	Wenchang	弄
	Haikou	弄
	Qionghai	弄
	Singapore (Hainanese)	弄
Puxian Min	Putian	搭聊
	Xianyou	搭聊
Central Min	Yong'an	嬉
	Sanming (Sanyuan)	嬉
	Sanming (Shaxian)	嬉
Wu	Shanghai	白相
	Shanghai (Chongming)	白相
	Suzhou	白相
	Wuxi	白相
	Hangzhou	耍子
	Shaoxing	嬉
	Ningbo	嬲和, 嬉 dated, 嬉戲 dated, 白相 rare
	Wenzhou	嬉, 玩, 狡調
	Lishui	嬉
	Jinhua	嬉
Xiang	Changsha	玩
	Shuangfeng	耍1
	Quanzhou	耍1