Meaning of 玩具
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- plaything
- toy
How to use 玩具
玩具 is the everyday word for any toy, and it often appears in compounds like 玩具店 (toy store) or 玩具车 (toy car). Example: 孩子们在玩玩具。(Háizimen zài wán wánjù.) The children are playing with toys.
玩具 combines 玩 (wán, to play) and 具 (jù, tool or implement), so a toy is literally a "play tool." Think of 工具 (gōngjù), a work tool, and swap work for play.
Common mistake: Learners often say 玩儿具 or pronounce 玩 with a fourth tone. The word is wánjù, second tone then fourth tone, with no 儿. Also be careful not to write 具 as 真 (zhēn). 具 has three horizontal lines inside its box, while 真 has a 十 on top.
玩具 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
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玩 wán · to play with · 8 strokes
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具 jù · tool · 8 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 玩具.
| 开玩笑 | kāi wánxiào | to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke |
| 玩儿 | wánr | to play; to have fun |
| 好玩儿 | hǎowánr | erhua variant of 好玩[hao3 wan2] |
| 工具 | gōngjù | tool; instrument |
| 具有 | jùyǒu | to have; to possess |
| 具体 | jùtǐ | concrete; specific; detailed |
| 家具 | jiājù | furniture |
| 具备 | jùbèi | to possess; to have |
| 游玩 | yóuwán | to amuse oneself; to have fun |
| 玩意儿 | wányìr | erhua variant of 玩意[wan2 yi4] |
| 道具 | dàojù | (theater) prop; paraphernalia |
| 玩耍 | wánshuǎ | to play (as children do); to amuse oneself |
Questions about 玩具
What does 玩具 mean?
玩具 (wánjù) means "plaything; toy" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 玩具?
玩具 is made of 2 characters: 玩 (8 strokes), 具 (8 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.
Is 玩具 an HSK word?
Yes. 玩具 is on the HSK 3 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
What measure word is used with 玩具?
The most common general measure word is 个 (gè), as in 一个玩具 (yí ge wánjù). For a set of toys you can say 一套玩具 (yí tào wánjù).
Can 玩具 describe something that is not a real toy?
Yes. It can be used figuratively for something treated as a plaything, and it also works like an adjective in front of nouns. For example, 玩具枪 (wánjù qiāng) means a toy gun, so it is not a real one.