玩意

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wányì

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˊ ㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wun⁶ ji³, waan⁴ ji³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: wányì
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˊ ㄧˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wanyih
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯a̠n³⁵ i⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (玩意兒／玩意儿)⁺
  - Pinyin: wányìr
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˊ ㄧˋㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wanyell
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯a̠n³⁵ jəɻ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wun⁶ ji³, waan⁴ ji³
  - Yale: wuhn yi, wàahn yi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wun⁶ ji³, waan⁴ ji³
  - Guangdong Romanization: wun⁶ yi³, wan⁴ yi³
  - IPA ^(key): /wuːn²² jiː³³/, /wɑːn²¹ jiː³³/

Noun

玩意

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

他是什麼玩意兒！ / 他是什么玩意儿！ ― Tā shì shénme wányìr! ― 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.
(informal) toy; plaything
(informal) trick; act

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