玩
wán HSK1

play

玩 wán frequency
variant 翫
to play verb
to have fun; to amuse oneself

你真正要做的就是玩。

nǐ zhēn​zhèng yào zuò de jiù​shì wán.

All you really have to do is play.

curio noun
(bound form) an object of appreciation, such as an antique or a curio; a toy
to trifle with verbadjective
to treat something lightly or with a lack of respect; to neglect or dally with
to appreciate
to enjoy, appreciate, or admire, such as a landscape or a work of art
to ponder
(literary) to ponder or study something deeply, such as the meaning of a text
玩 wán
to engage in verb
to take part in a game, recreational activity, or sport, such as cards or a ball game

你要不要和我玩一场游戏？

nǐ yào bù​yào hé wǒ wán yī chǎng yóu​xì?

Would you like to play a game with me?

我们不习惯玩这种类型的足球。

wǒ​men bù xí​guàn wán zhè​zhǒng lèi​xíng de zú​qiú.

We are not used to playing this type of football.

to fiddle with verb
to fiddle with or handle something for amusement; to toy with

我可以玩你的头发吗？

wǒ kě​yǐ wán nǐ de tóu​fa ma?

Can I play with your hair?

别让他玩你的手机。

bié ràng tā wán nǐ de shǒu​jī.

Don't let him play with your phone.

to resort to verb
to resort to or employ a trick or tactic, often in a negative sense; to play games with play with someone's emotions

一开始你就在玩我。

yī kāi​shǐ nǐ jiù zài wán wǒ.

From the start, you were playing me.

别玩文字游戏。

bié wán wén​zì​yóu​xì.

Don't play word games.

Wan
a Chinese surname

Cross-References

Same as

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,072nd most common 139.8 per million
Movie subtitles
271st most common 618.4 per million appears in 89% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
388.5 per million appears in 67% of films
Written text
223.5 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 2
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Strokes
8
Unicode
U+73A9

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)