玩弄

Chinese

		curios; antiques; to play curios; antiques; to play; to amuse oneself	to do; to manage; to handle to do; to manage; to handle; to play with; to fool with; to mess with; to fix; to toy with; lane; alley
simp. and trad. (玩弄)		玩	弄

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wánnòng, wànnòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˊ ㄋㄨㄥˋ, ㄨㄢˋ ㄋㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wun⁶ lung⁶

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): oán-lōng / goán-lōng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wánnòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˊ ㄋㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wánnòng
    • Wade–Giles: wan²-nung⁴
    • Yale: wán-nùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wannonq
    • Palladius: ваньнун (vanʹnun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän³⁵ nʊŋ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wánrnòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˊㄦ ㄋㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wánrnòng
    • Wade–Giles: wan²-ʼrh-nung⁴
    • Yale: wánr-nùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: walnonq
    • Palladius: ваньрнун (vanʹrnun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑɻ³⁵ nʊŋ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, literary variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wànnòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ ㄋㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wànnòng
    • Wade–Giles: wan⁴-nung⁴
    • Yale: wàn-nùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wannnonq
    • Palladius: ваньнун (vanʹnun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän⁵¹⁻⁵³ nʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wun⁶ lung⁶
    • Yale: wuhn luhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wun⁶ lung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: wun⁶ lung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːn²² lʊŋ²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oán-lōng
    • Tâi-lô: uán-lōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oafnlong
    • IPA (Taipei): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /uan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /uan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lɔŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goán-lōng
    • Tâi-lô: guán-lōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goafnlong
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡuan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡuan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lɔŋ³³/

Verb

玩弄

1. to play with; to juggle with
2. to play jokes on; to fool
3. to dally with; to flirt with
4. to resort to; to employ
5. (Classical) to ponder; to ruminate; to savor

Synonyms

• (to play with):

• 反變／反变 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 把玩 (bǎwán)
• 搬弄 (bānnòng)
• 擺劃／摆划 (bǎihua) (regional)
• 擺弄／摆弄
• 擺撥／摆拨 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 簸弄 (bǒnòng)
• 舞 (wǔ) (literary, or in compounds)

 

• (to play jokes on):

• 作弄 (zuònòng)
• 僝僽 (chánzhòu) (literary)
• 刺 (literary, or in compounds)
• 刺溪 (chié-*kă̤) (Eastern Min)
• 創弄／创弄 (Hokkien)
• 創景／创景 (Hokkien)
• 創治／创治 (chhòng-tī) (Hokkien)
• 剾損／𠛅损 (Hokkien)
• 剾洗／𠛅洗 (khau-sé) (Hokkien)
• 剾洗／𠛅洗 (Hokkien)
• 剾褻／𠛅亵 (Hokkien)
• 𠢕滾／𠢕滚 (Hokkien)
• 取樂／取乐 (qǔlè)
• 取笑 (qǔxiào)
• 呾笑話／呾笑话 (Teochew)
• 呾耍笑 (Teochew)
• 嗤笑 (chīxiào)
• 嘲弄 (cháonòng)
• 嘲笑 (cháoxiào)
• 嘲訕／嘲讪 (cháoshàn)
• 嘲諷／嘲讽 (cháofěng)
• 嘲謔／嘲谑 (cháoxuè)
• 奚落 (xīluò)
• 尋開心／寻开心 (⁶zhin-khe-shin) (Wu)
• 巴銳／巴锐 (Hokkien)
• 恥笑／耻笑 (chǐxiào)
• 戲弄／戏弄 (xìnòng)
• 戲謔／戏谑 (xìxuè)
• 挖苦 (wākǔ)
• 捉弄 (zhuōnòng)
• 損／损 (sǔn) (colloquial)
• 撩 (Hakka)
• 撚化 (nan² faa³) (Cantonese)
• 撮弄 (cuōnòng) (literary)
• 擺弄／摆弄
• 消遣 (xiāoqiǎn)
• 湊趣／凑趣 (còuqù)
• 𤊶人 (Hakka)
• 玩 (colloquial)
• 笑 (xiào)
• 笑話／笑话 (xiàohuà)
• 耍 (shuǎ)
• 耍弄 (shuǎnòng)
• 耍忽 (sua² huah⁴) (Jin)
• 落八 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 見笑／见笑 (jiànxiào)
• 訕笑／讪笑 (shànxiào)
• 詼謔／诙谑 (huīxuè)
• 說風涼話／说风凉话 (shuō fēngliánghuà)
• 調笑／调笑 (tiáoxiào)
• 諦／谛 (dai³) (Cantonese)
• 諷刺／讽刺 (fěngcì)
• 謔潲／谑潲 (Hokkien)
• 謔燒／谑烧 (Hokkien)
• 講笑／讲笑 (Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien)
• 講耍笑／讲耍笑 (Hokkien)
• 譏刺／讥刺 (jīcì)
• 譏嘲／讥嘲 (jīcháo)
• 譏笑／讥笑 (jīxiào)
• 譏誚／讥诮 (jīqiào) (literary)
• 譏諷／讥讽 (jīfěng)
• 變弄／变弄 (Hokkien)
• 𧮙 (Wu)
• 起鬨／起哄 (qǐhòng)
• 輕體／轻体 (Hokkien)
• 逗 (dòu)
• 逗弄
• 鄙笑 (Hokkien)
• 酸笑 (Hokkien)
• 鈍／钝 (Wu)
• 開心／开心 (kāixīn)
• 開涮／开涮 (kāishuàn) (colloquial)
• 開玩笑／开玩笑 (kāi wánxiào)
• 鬧玩笑／闹玩笑 (nào wánxiào)

 

• (to employ):

• 伸張／伸张 (shēnzhāng)
• 施展 (shīzhǎn)
• 施設／施设 (shīshè) (literary)
• 發揚／发扬 (fāyáng)
• 發揮／发挥 (fāhuī)
• 耍弄 (shuǎnòng)

 

• (to ponder):

• 冥思 (míngsī)
• 冥想 (míngxiǎng)
• 品味 (pǐnwèi)
• 尋味／寻味 (xúnwèi)
• 尋思／寻思
• 念 (niàn)
• 思 (literary, or in compounds)
• 思想 (sīxiǎng)
• 思慮／思虑 (sīlǜ)
• 思索 (sīsuǒ)
• 思維／思维 (sīwéi)
• 思考 (sīkǎo)
• 思裁 (si¹ cai²) (Sichuanese)
• 思量 (sīliáng)
• 慎思 (shènsī)
• 掂掇 (diānduo) (colloquial)
• 推敲 (tuīqiāo)
• 掂量 (diānliáng)
• 揣摩 (chuǎimó)
• 斟酌 (zhēnzhuó) (figuratively)
• 沉思 (chénsī)
• 深思 (shēnsī)
• 照顧／照顾 (zhàogù)
• 玩味 (wánwèi)
• 琢磨 (zuómo)
• 算計／算计 (suànjì)
• 考慮／考虑 (kǎolǜ)
• 苦思 (kǔsī)
• 著想／着想 (zhuóxiǎng)
• 計算／计算 (jìsuàn)
• 計較／计较
• 設想／设想 (shèxiǎng)
• 顧全／顾全 (gùquán)
• 顧及／顾及 (gùjí)