"玩意" meaning in Chinese

See 玩意 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /wän³⁵ i⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /wän³⁵ iə̯ɻ⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /wuːn²² jiː³³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /waːn²¹ jiː³³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /wän³⁵ i⁵¹/, /wän³⁵ iə̯ɻ⁵¹/, /wuːn²² jiː³³/, /waːn²¹ jiː³³/ Chinese transliterations: wányì [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄨㄢˊ ㄧˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], wun⁶ ji³ [Cantonese, Jyutping], waan⁴ ji³ [Cantonese, Jyutping], wányì [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], wányì [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], wan²-i⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], wán-yì [Mandarin, Yale], wanyih [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], ваньи [Mandarin, Palladius], vanʹi [Mandarin, Palladius], wányìr [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], ㄨㄢˊ ㄧˋㄦ [Mandarin, bopomofo], wányìr [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], wan²-i⁴-ʼrh [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], wán-yìr [Mandarin, Yale], wanyell [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], ваньир [Mandarin, Palladius], vanʹir [Mandarin, Palladius], wuhn yi [Cantonese, Yale], wàahn yi [Cantonese, Yale], wun⁶ ji³ [Cantonese, Pinyin], waan⁴ ji³ [Cantonese, Pinyin], wun⁶ yi³ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], wan⁴ yi³ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization] Forms: 玩藝
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 玩意
  1. (informal) thingamajig; thingie Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-玩意-zh-noun-sD4MusIF Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 42 1 9 47 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 41 7 6 44 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 44 6 3 46 1
  2. (informal) device; contrivance Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-玩意-zh-noun-q8LZh-Dw
  3. (informal) person; individual (usually used in pejorative senses such as a bad person) Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-玩意-zh-noun-aXg6obtU
  4. (informal) toy; plaything Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-玩意-zh-noun-de0m5uGI Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 42 1 9 47 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 41 7 6 44 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 44 6 3 46 1 Synonyms (toy): 玩具, Beijing, 玩意兒, 玩玩意兒, 玩印子, Taiwan, Singapore, Jinan, Luoyang, 耍貨, Xi'an, 耍貨子, Xining, Sokuluk (alt: Gansu Dungan), 耍拉兒, Masanchin (alt: Shaanxi Dungan), Yinchuan, 耍頭, Chengdu, 耍玩意兒, Wuhan, Yangzhou, Hong Kong, 嘢玩, Taishan, Pingxiang, 耍個仔, Miaoli (alt: N. Sixian), Pingtung (alt: Neipu; S. Sixian), Hsinchu County [Hailu, Zhudong], Taichung [Dabu, Dongshi], Hsinchu County [Qionglin, Raoping], Yunlin [Lunbei, Zhao'an], 童物, Taiyuan, 玩兒具, Xinzhou, 耍貨兒, Fuzhou, 客佻乇, Xiamen, 𨑨迌物, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, 𨑨迌物仔, Taipei (alt: Wanhua), 尪仔物, Kaohsiung, Yilan, Changhua [Lukang], Taichung, Taichung (alt: Wuqi), Tainan, Taitung, Hsinchu, Penghu (alt: Magong), Penang [Hokkien], 尪公仔, Manila [Hokkien], Jieyang, 𨑨迌物件, 羅坐物件, Haikou, 弄具, Shanghai, 白相幹, Shanghai (alt: Songjiang), Ningbo, 嬲和東西, 白相果, Wenzhou, 狡調個物事, Loudi, 耍把戲 Disambiguation of 'toy': 0 0 0 100 0
  5. (informal) trick; act Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-玩意-zh-noun-MaXEgUwO
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 事物 (shìwù) Derived forms: 玩意兒 (wányìr), 玩意儿 (wányìr)

Alternative forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "wányìr",
      "word": "玩意兒"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "wányìr",
      "word": "玩意儿"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "玩藝"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "玩意",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "42 1 9 47 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "41 7 6 44 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "44 6 3 46 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "What sort of broken shit is this?",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Zhè shì shénme pòlàn wányìr?",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "這是什麼破爛玩意兒?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "What sort of broken shit is this?",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Zhè shì shénme pòlàn wányìr?",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "这是什么破烂玩意儿?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "thingamajig; thingie"
      ],
      "id": "en-玩意-zh-noun-sD4MusIF",
      "links": [
        [
          "thingamajig",
          "thingamajig"
        ],
        [
          "thingie",
          "thingie"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) thingamajig; thingie"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "device; contrivance"
      ],
      "id": "en-玩意-zh-noun-q8LZh-Dw",
      "links": [
        [
          "device",
          "device"
        ],
        [
          "contrivance",
          "contrivance"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) device; contrivance"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "What kind of louse is he!",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Tā shì shénme wányìr!",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "他是什麼玩意兒!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "What kind of louse is he!",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Tā shì shénme wányìr!",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "他是什么玩意儿!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I knew all along that he was no good.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Wǒ zǎo zhīdào tā bùshì ge hǎo wányìr.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "我早知道他不是個好玩意兒。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I knew all along that he was no good.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Wǒ zǎo zhīdào tā bùshì ge hǎo wányìr.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "我早知道他不是个好玩意儿。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "person; individual (usually used in pejorative senses such as a bad person)"
      ],
      "id": "en-玩意-zh-noun-aXg6obtU",
      "links": [
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "individual",
          "individual"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) person; individual (usually used in pejorative senses such as a bad person)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "42 1 9 47 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "41 7 6 44 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "44 6 3 46 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "toy; plaything"
      ],
      "id": "en-玩意-zh-noun-de0m5uGI",
      "links": [
        [
          "toy",
          "toy"
        ],
        [
          "plaything",
          "plaything"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) toy; plaything"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "sense": "toy",
          "word": "玩具"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "sense": "toy",
          "word": "Beijing"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "sense": "toy",
          "word": "玩意兒"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "sense": "toy",
          "word": "玩玩意兒"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "sense": "toy",
          "word": "玩印子"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "sense": "toy",
          "word": "Taiwan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "sense": "toy",
          "word": "Singapore"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "sense": "toy",
          "word": "Jinan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "sense": "toy",
          "word": "Luoyang"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "sense": "toy",
          "word": "耍貨"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "sense": "toy",
          "word": "Xi'an"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "sense": "toy",
          "word": "耍貨子"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "sense": "toy",
          "word": "Xining"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "alt": "Gansu Dungan",
          "sense": "toy",
          "word": "Sokuluk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "sense": "toy",
          "word": "耍拉兒"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "alt": "Shaanxi Dungan",
          "sense": "toy",
          "word": "Masanchin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "sense": "toy",
          "word": "Yinchuan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "sense": "toy",
          "word": "耍頭"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "sense": "toy",
          "word": "Chengdu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "sense": "toy",
          "word": "耍玩意兒"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "sense": "toy",
          "word": "Wuhan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "sense": "toy",
          "word": "Yangzhou"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "sense": "toy",
          "word": "Hong Kong"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "sense": "toy",
          "word": "嘢玩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "sense": "toy",
          "word": "Taishan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "sense": "toy",
          "word": "Pingxiang"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "sense": "toy",
          "word": "耍個仔"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "alt": "N. Sixian",
          "sense": "toy",
          "word": "Miaoli"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "alt": "Neipu; S. Sixian",
          "sense": "toy",
          "word": "Pingtung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "sense": "toy",
          "tags": [
            "Hailu",
            "Zhudong"
          ],
          "word": "Hsinchu County"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "sense": "toy",
          "tags": [
            "Dabu",
            "Dongshi"
          ],
          "word": "Taichung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "sense": "toy",
          "tags": [
            "Qionglin",
            "Raoping"
          ],
          "word": "Hsinchu County"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "sense": "toy",
          "tags": [
            "Lunbei",
            "Zhao'an"
          ],
          "word": "Yunlin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "sense": "toy",
          "word": "童物"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "sense": "toy",
          "word": "Taiyuan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "sense": "toy",
          "word": "玩兒具"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "sense": "toy",
          "word": "Xinzhou"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "sense": "toy",
          "word": "耍貨兒"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "sense": "toy",
          "word": "Fuzhou"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "sense": "toy",
          "word": "客佻乇"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "sense": "toy",
          "word": "Xiamen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "sense": "toy",
          "word": "𨑨迌物"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "sense": "toy",
          "word": "Quanzhou"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "sense": "toy",
          "word": "Zhangzhou"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "sense": "toy",
          "word": "𨑨迌物仔"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "alt": "Wanhua",
          "sense": "toy",
          "word": "Taipei"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "sense": "toy",
          "word": "尪仔物"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "sense": "toy",
          "word": "Kaohsiung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "sense": "toy",
          "word": "Yilan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "sense": "toy",
          "tags": [
            "Lukang"
          ],
          "word": "Changhua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "sense": "toy",
          "word": "Taichung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "alt": "Wuqi",
          "sense": "toy",
          "word": "Taichung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "sense": "toy",
          "word": "Tainan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "sense": "toy",
          "word": "Taitung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "sense": "toy",
          "word": "Hsinchu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "alt": "Magong",
          "sense": "toy",
          "word": "Penghu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "sense": "toy",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "Penang"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "sense": "toy",
          "word": "尪公仔"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "sense": "toy",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "Manila"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "sense": "toy",
          "word": "Jieyang"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "sense": "toy",
          "word": "𨑨迌物件"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "sense": "toy",
          "word": "羅坐物件"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "sense": "toy",
          "word": "Haikou"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "sense": "toy",
          "word": "弄具"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "sense": "toy",
          "word": "Shanghai"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "sense": "toy",
          "word": "白相幹"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "alt": "Songjiang",
          "sense": "toy",
          "word": "Shanghai"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "sense": "toy",
          "word": "Ningbo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "sense": "toy",
          "word": "嬲和東西"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "sense": "toy",
          "word": "白相果"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "sense": "toy",
          "word": "Wenzhou"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "sense": "toy",
          "word": "狡調個物事"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "sense": "toy",
          "word": "Loudi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
          "sense": "toy",
          "word": "耍把戲"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "trick; act"
      ],
      "id": "en-玩意-zh-noun-MaXEgUwO",
      "links": [
        [
          "trick",
          "trick"
        ],
        [
          "act",
          "act"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) trick; act"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wányì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄢˊ ㄧˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wun⁶ ji³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "waan⁴ ji³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wányì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wányì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wan²-i⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wán-yì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wanyih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ваньи"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vanʹi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wän³⁵ i⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wányìr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄢˊ ㄧˋㄦ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wányìr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wan²-i⁴-ʼrh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wán-yìr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wanyell"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ваньир"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vanʹir"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wän³⁵ iə̯ɻ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wuhn yi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wàahn yi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wun⁶ ji³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "waan⁴ ji³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wun⁶ yi³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wan⁴ yi³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wuːn²² jiː³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/waːn²¹ jiː³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wän³⁵ i⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wän³⁵ iə̯ɻ⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wuːn²² jiː³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/waːn²¹ jiː³³/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "shìwù",
      "word": "事物"
    }
  ],
  "word": "玩意"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 意",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 玩",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "wányìr",
      "word": "玩意兒"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wányìr",
      "word": "玩意儿"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "玩藝"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "玩意",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese informal terms",
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "What sort of broken shit is this?",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Zhè shì shénme pòlàn wányìr?",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "這是什麼破爛玩意兒?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "What sort of broken shit is this?",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Zhè shì shénme pòlàn wányìr?",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "这是什么破烂玩意儿?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "thingamajig; thingie"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "thingamajig",
          "thingamajig"
        ],
        [
          "thingie",
          "thingie"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) thingamajig; thingie"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese informal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "device; contrivance"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "device",
          "device"
        ],
        [
          "contrivance",
          "contrivance"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) device; contrivance"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese informal terms",
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "What kind of louse is he!",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Tā shì shénme wányìr!",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "他是什麼玩意兒!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "What kind of louse is he!",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Tā shì shénme wányìr!",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "他是什么玩意儿!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I knew all along that he was no good.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Wǒ zǎo zhīdào tā bùshì ge hǎo wányìr.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "我早知道他不是個好玩意兒。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I knew all along that he was no good.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Wǒ zǎo zhīdào tā bùshì ge hǎo wányìr.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "我早知道他不是个好玩意儿。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "person; individual (usually used in pejorative senses such as a bad person)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "individual",
          "individual"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) person; individual (usually used in pejorative senses such as a bad person)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese informal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "toy; plaything"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "toy",
          "toy"
        ],
        [
          "plaything",
          "plaything"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) toy; plaything"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese informal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "trick; act"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "trick",
          "trick"
        ],
        [
          "act",
          "act"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) trick; act"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wányì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄢˊ ㄧˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wun⁶ ji³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "waan⁴ ji³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wányì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wányì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wan²-i⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wán-yì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wanyih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ваньи"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vanʹi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wän³⁵ i⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wányìr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄢˊ ㄧˋㄦ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wányìr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wan²-i⁴-ʼrh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wán-yìr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wanyell"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ваньир"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vanʹir"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wän³⁵ iə̯ɻ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wuhn yi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wàahn yi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wun⁶ ji³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "waan⁴ ji³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wun⁶ yi³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wan⁴ yi³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wuːn²² jiː³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/waːn²¹ jiː³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wän³⁵ i⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wän³⁵ iə̯ɻ⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wuːn²² jiː³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/waːn²¹ jiː³³/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "shìwù",
      "word": "事物"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toy",
      "word": "玩具"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toy",
      "word": "Beijing"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toy",
      "word": "玩意兒"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toy",
      "word": "玩玩意兒"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toy",
      "word": "玩印子"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toy",
      "word": "Taiwan"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toy",
      "word": "Singapore"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toy",
      "word": "Jinan"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toy",
      "word": "Luoyang"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toy",
      "word": "耍貨"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toy",
      "word": "Xi'an"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toy",
      "word": "耍貨子"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toy",
      "word": "Xining"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Gansu Dungan",
      "sense": "toy",
      "word": "Sokuluk"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toy",
      "word": "耍拉兒"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Shaanxi Dungan",
      "sense": "toy",
      "word": "Masanchin"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toy",
      "word": "Yinchuan"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toy",
      "word": "耍頭"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toy",
      "word": "Chengdu"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toy",
      "word": "耍玩意兒"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toy",
      "word": "Wuhan"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toy",
      "word": "Yangzhou"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toy",
      "word": "Hong Kong"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toy",
      "word": "嘢玩"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toy",
      "word": "Taishan"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toy",
      "word": "Pingxiang"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toy",
      "word": "耍個仔"
    },
    {
      "alt": "N. Sixian",
      "sense": "toy",
      "word": "Miaoli"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Neipu; S. Sixian",
      "sense": "toy",
      "word": "Pingtung"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toy",
      "tags": [
        "Hailu",
        "Zhudong"
      ],
      "word": "Hsinchu County"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toy",
      "tags": [
        "Dabu",
        "Dongshi"
      ],
      "word": "Taichung"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toy",
      "tags": [
        "Qionglin",
        "Raoping"
      ],
      "word": "Hsinchu County"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toy",
      "tags": [
        "Lunbei",
        "Zhao'an"
      ],
      "word": "Yunlin"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toy",
      "word": "童物"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toy",
      "word": "Taiyuan"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toy",
      "word": "玩兒具"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toy",
      "word": "Xinzhou"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toy",
      "word": "耍貨兒"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toy",
      "word": "Fuzhou"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toy",
      "word": "客佻乇"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toy",
      "word": "Xiamen"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toy",
      "word": "𨑨迌物"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toy",
      "word": "Quanzhou"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toy",
      "word": "Zhangzhou"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toy",
      "word": "𨑨迌物仔"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Wanhua",
      "sense": "toy",
      "word": "Taipei"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toy",
      "word": "尪仔物"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toy",
      "word": "Kaohsiung"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toy",
      "word": "Yilan"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toy",
      "tags": [
        "Lukang"
      ],
      "word": "Changhua"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toy",
      "word": "Taichung"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Wuqi",
      "sense": "toy",
      "word": "Taichung"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toy",
      "word": "Tainan"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toy",
      "word": "Taitung"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toy",
      "word": "Hsinchu"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Magong",
      "sense": "toy",
      "word": "Penghu"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toy",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "Penang"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toy",
      "word": "尪公仔"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toy",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "Manila"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toy",
      "word": "Jieyang"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toy",
      "word": "𨑨迌物件"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toy",
      "word": "羅坐物件"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toy",
      "word": "Haikou"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toy",
      "word": "弄具"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toy",
      "word": "Shanghai"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toy",
      "word": "白相幹"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Songjiang",
      "sense": "toy",
      "word": "Shanghai"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toy",
      "word": "Ningbo"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toy",
      "word": "嬲和東西"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toy",
      "word": "白相果"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toy",
      "word": "Wenzhou"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toy",
      "word": "狡調個物事"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toy",
      "word": "Loudi"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toy",
      "word": "耍把戲"
    }
  ],
  "word": "玩意"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 玩意 meaning in Chinese (8.2kB)

{
  "called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: '(Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺'",
  "path": [
    "玩意"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "玩意",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: '(Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (玩意兒 /玩意儿)⁺'",
  "path": [
    "玩意"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "玩意",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: '(Standard Chinese)⁺'",
  "path": [
    "玩意"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "玩意",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "linkages/371",
  "msg": "unrecognized linkage prefix: (thingmajig): 事物 (shìwù) desc=thingmajig rest=事物 (shìwù) cls=romanization cls2=other e1=True e2=False",
  "path": [
    "玩意"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "玩意",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Chinese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-10 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-01 using wiktextract (df33d17 and 4ed51a5). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.