玩
耍

To play (as children do) in Chinese: 玩耍 (wán shuǎ)

wán shuǎ

to play (as children do)

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to play (as children do)
  2. 2to amuse oneself

Stroke order

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玩
耍

Zhuyin

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ㄨㄢˊ

wán

ㄨ/ uㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

ㄕㄨㄚˇ

shuǎ

ㄕ/ shㄨ/ uㄚ/ aˇ/ third tone

Example sentences

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  • 孩子们在公园里快乐地玩耍。

    hái zi men zài gōng yuán lǐ kuài lè dì wán shuǎ。

    The children are happily playing in the park.

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Related words

玩

wán

to play

耍

shuǎ

to play with

玩具

wán jù

plaything

玩儿

wán r

to play

游玩

yóu wán

to amuse oneself

耍赖

shuǎ lài

to act shamelessly

开玩笑

kāi wán xiào

to play a joke

好玩儿

hǎo wán r

erhua variant of 好玩

贪玩儿

tān wánr

Greedy

玩意儿

wán yì r

erhua variant of 玩意

吃喝玩乐

chī hē wán lè

to eat, drink and be merry (idiom)

闹着玩儿

nào zhe wán r

to play games

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