玩意

Chinese

		curios; antiques; to play curios; antiques; to play; to amuse oneself	idea; meaning; wish idea; meaning; wish; desire; Italy (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (玩意)		玩	意
alternative forms		玩藝／玩艺

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wányì

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˊ ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wun⁶ ji³ / waan⁴ ji³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wányì
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˊ ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wányì
    • Wade–Giles: wan²-i⁴
    • Yale: wán-yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wanyih
    • Palladius: ваньи (vanʹi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän³⁵ i⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (玩意兒／玩意儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wányìr
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˊ ㄧˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wányìr
    • Wade–Giles: wan²-i⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: wán-yìr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wanyell
    • Palladius: ваньир (vanʹir)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän³⁵ iə̯ɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wun⁶ ji³ / waan⁴ ji³
    • Yale: wuhn yi / wàahn yi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wun⁶ ji³ / waan⁴ ji³
    • Guangdong Romanization: wun⁶ yi³ / wan⁴ yi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːn²² jiː³³/, /waːn²¹ jiː³³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 玩意

1. (informal) thingamajig; thingie

   這是什麼破爛玩意兒？ [MSC, trad.]
   这是什么破烂玩意儿？ [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè shì shénme pòlàn wányìr? [Pinyin]

   What sort of broken shit is this?

2. (informal) device; contrivance
3. (informal) person; individual (usually used in pejorative senses such as a bad person)

   他是什麼玩意兒！ [MSC, trad.]
   他是什么玩意儿！ [MSC, simp.]

   Tā shì shénme wányìr! [Pinyin]

   What kind of louse is he!

   我早知道他不是個好玩意兒。 [MSC, trad.]
   我早知道他不是个好玩意儿。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ zǎo zhīdào tā bùshì ge hǎo wányìr. [Pinyin]

   I knew all along that he was no good.

4. (informal) toy; plaything
5. (informal) trick; act