嘢玩

Chinese

		(Cantonese) thing	curios; antiques; to play curios; antiques; to play; to amuse oneself
simp. and trad. (嘢玩)		嘢	玩
anagram		玩嘢

Etymology

Rebracketing of the construction “‹verb› + 嘢玩” (“‹verb› something to play”) (Au Yueng, 2018, page 108).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): je⁵ waan^4-2

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: je⁵ waan^4-2
    • Yale: yéh wáan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: je⁵ waan^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: yé⁵ wan^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛː¹³ waːn²¹⁻³⁵/

Noun

嘢玩

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) toy

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 玩具 (“toy”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		玩具
Mandarin	Beijing	玩意兒, 玩玩意兒, 玩印子
	Taiwan	玩具
	Jinan	玩意兒
	Luoyang	耍貨
	Xi'an	耍貨子
	Yinchuan	耍頭
	Xining	耍貨
	Wuhan	耍貨
	Chengdu	耍玩意兒, 玩具
	Yangzhou	耍貨
	Singapore	玩具
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	耍拉兒, 玩意兒
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	耍拉兒
Cantonese	Hong Kong	玩具, 嘢玩
	Taishan	玩具
Gan	Pingxiang	耍個仔
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	玩具
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	玩具
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	玩具
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	玩具
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	玩具
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	童物
Jin	Taiyuan	耍貨, 玩兒具
	Xinzhou	耍貨兒
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	客佻乇
Southern Min	Xiamen	𨑨迌物
	Quanzhou	𨑨迌物
	Zhangzhou	𨑨迌物
	Taipei (Wanhua)	尪仔物
	Kaohsiung	𨑨迌物仔
	Yilan	𨑨迌物仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	𨑨迌物仔
	Taichung	𨑨迌物仔
	Taichung (Wuqi)	𨑨迌物仔
	Tainan	𨑨迌物
	Taitung	𨑨迌物仔
	Hsinchu	𨑨迌物仔
	Penghu (Magong)	𨑨迌物
	Penang (Hokkien)	尪公仔
	Manila (Hokkien)	𨑨迌物
	Jieyang	𨑨迌物件, 羅坐物件
	Haikou	弄具
Wu	Shanghai	白相幹, 玩具
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	白相幹
	Ningbo	嬲和東西, 白相果
	Wenzhou	狡調個物事
Xiang	Loudi	耍把戲