玩意兒

See also: 玩意儿

Chinese

		thingamajig; thingie; device thingamajig; thingie; device; contrivance	son; child; diminutive suffix
trad. (玩意兒)		玩意	兒
simp. (玩意儿)		玩意	儿
alternative forms		玩藝兒／玩艺儿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wányìr

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˊ ㄧˋㄦ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wun⁶ ji³ ji⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wányìr
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˊ ㄧˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wányìr
    • Wade–Giles: wan²-i⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: wán-yìr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wanyell
    • Palladius: ваньир (vanʹir)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän³⁵ iə̯ɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wun⁶ ji³ ji⁴
    • Yale: wuhn yi yìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wun⁶ ji³ ji⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wun⁶ yi³ yi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːn²² jiː³³ jiː²¹/

Noun

玩意兒

1. (Mandarin) Erhua form of 玩意 (wányì, “toy; thing”).

   這玩意兒沒千兒八百是買不來的。 [MSC, trad.]
   这玩意儿没千儿八百是买不来的。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè wányìr méi qiānrbābǎi shì mǎi bù lái de. [Pinyin]

   This thing can't be bought without a grand.

   什麼玩意兒啊這是？ [MSC, trad.]
   什么玩意儿啊这是？ [MSC, simp.]

   Shénme wányìr a zhè shì? [Pinyin]

   What on earth is this?

   在市場有一群人圍著一位先生，看著他把玩著一個玩意兒。 [MSC, trad.]
   在市场有一群人围着一位先生，看着他把玩着一个玩意儿。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zài shìchǎng yǒu yī qún rén wéizhe yī wèi xiānshēng, kànzhe tā bǎwánzhe yīge wányìr. [Pinyin]

   At the market, a group of people surrounded a man playing some thingamajig.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 玩具 (“toy”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		玩具
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	玩意兒, 玩玩意兒, 玩印子
	Taiwan	玩具
	Singapore	玩具
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	玩意兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	耍貨
	Xi'an	耍貨子
	Xining	耍貨
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	耍拉兒, 玩意兒
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	耍拉兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	耍頭
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	耍玩意兒, 玩具
	Wuhan	耍貨
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	耍貨
Cantonese	Hong Kong	玩具, 嘢玩
	Taishan	玩具
Gan	Pingxiang	耍個仔
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	玩具
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	玩具
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	玩具
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	玩具
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	玩具
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	童物
Jin	Taiyuan	耍貨, 玩兒具
	Xinzhou	耍貨兒
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	客佻乇
Southern Min	Xiamen	𨑨迌物
	Quanzhou	𨑨迌物
	Zhangzhou	𨑨迌物, 𨑨迌物仔
	Taipei (Wanhua)	尪仔物
	Kaohsiung	𨑨迌物仔
	Yilan	𨑨迌物仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	𨑨迌物仔
	Taichung	𨑨迌物仔
	Taichung (Wuqi)	𨑨迌物仔
	Tainan	𨑨迌物
	Taitung	𨑨迌物仔
	Hsinchu	𨑨迌物仔
	Penghu (Magong)	𨑨迌物
	Penang (Hokkien)	尪公仔
	Manila (Hokkien)	𨑨迌物
	Jieyang	𨑨迌物件, 羅坐物件
	Haikou	弄具
Wu	Shanghai	白相幹, 玩具
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	白相幹
	Ningbo	嬲和東西, 白相果
	Wenzhou	狡調個物事
Xiang	Loudi	耍把戲