玩耍 meaning in English

wánshuǎ

to play (as children do); to amuse oneself

HSK 7-9verb17 strokes

Meaning of 玩耍

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

wánshuǎ
  1. to play (as children do)
  2. to amuse oneself

玩耍 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

孩hái子zi们men非fēi常cháng喜xǐ欢huān在zài海hǎi滩tān上shàng玩wán耍shuǎ。
Children really like playing on the beach.
让ràng我wǒ们men玩wán耍shuǎ吧ba。
Let's play.
沙shā滩tān上shàng有yǒu两liǎng个gè光guāng著zhù屁pì股gǔ的de小xiǎo孩hái在zài玩wán耍shuǎ。
There are two butt-naked children playing on the beach.
不bú要yào让ràng孩hái子zi们men在zài街jiē上shàng玩wán耍shuǎ。
Don't let the children play on the street.
我wǒ小xiǎo时shí候hòu常cháng常cháng独dú自zì玩wán耍shuǎ。
I used to play alone when I was a child.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

玩 wán · to play with · 8 strokes

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耍 shuǎ · to play with · 9 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 玩耍.

开玩笑kāi wánxiàoto play a joke; to make fun of; to joke
玩儿wánrto play; to have fun
好玩儿hǎowánrerhua variant of 好玩[hao3 wan2]
玩具wánjùplaything; toy
游玩yóuwánto amuse oneself; to have fun
玩意儿wányìrerhua variant of 玩意[wan2 yi4]
耍赖shuǎlàito act shamelessly; to refuse to acknowledge that one has lost the game, or made a promise
贪玩儿tānwánrerhua variant of 貪玩|贪玩[tan1 wan2]
吃喝玩乐chī-hē-wán-lè(lit.) to eat, drink, play and be merry (idiom); (fig.) to abandon oneself to a life of pl
闹着玩儿nàozhewánrto play games; to joke around
玩笑wánxiàoto joke; joke
好玩hǎowánamusing; fun

Questions about 玩耍

What does 玩耍 mean?

玩耍 (wánshuǎ) means "to play (as children do); to amuse oneself" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 玩耍?

玩耍 is made of 2 characters: 玩 (8 strokes), 耍 (9 strokes). That is 17 strokes in total.

Is 玩耍 an HSK word?

Yes. 玩耍 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.