玩 wán
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 王 — king, ruler
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
玩弄
wánnòng
to play with; to manipulate; to toy with
Characters in this word
弄 nòng
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 廾 — two hands
- Made of
- 玉 jade, gem, precious stone 廾 two hands
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 他玩弄概念，把责任问题包装成所谓的程序争议。 Tā wánnòng gàiniàn, bǎ zérèn wèntí bāozhuāng chéng suǒwèi de chéngxù zhēngyì. He manipulated concepts, packaging the issue of responsibility as a so-called procedural dispute.
- 他总是玩弄别人的感情，所以朋友越来越少。 Tā zǒngshì wánnòng biérén de gǎnqíng, suǒyǐ péngyou yuèláiyuè shǎo. He is always toying with other people's feelings, so he has fewer and fewer friends.
- 小花猫趴在地毯上玩弄毛线球。 Xiǎo huāmāo pā zài dìtǎn shang wánnòng máoxiànqiú. The little kitten crouched on the carpet, toying with a ball of yarn.
Related words
- 好玩儿 hǎowánr fun, interesting
- 开玩笑 kāiwánxiào to joke
- 玩儿 wánr to play, to have fun
- 玩具 wánjù toy
- 吃喝玩乐 chīhēwánlè eating, drinking, and having fun
- 玩耍 wánshuǎ to play; to have fun
- 玩意儿 wányìr thing; gadget; stuff
- 弄 nòng to do; to make
- 嘲弄 cháonòng to mock; to ridicule
- 弄虚作假 nòngxūzuòjiǎ to falsify; to cheat; to resort to deception
- 唾弃 tuòqì to spurn; to reject with contempt
- 推卸 tuīxiè to shirk; to evade responsibility