玩意

Chinese

		curios; antiques; to play curios; antiques; to play; to amuse oneself	idea; meaning; wish idea; meaning; wish; desire; Italy (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (玩意)		玩	意
alternative forms		玩藝／玩艺

玩意

(informal) thingamajig; thingie
這是什麼破爛 玩意兒？ [MSC, trad.]
这是什么破烂 玩意儿？ [MSC, simp.]
Zhè shì shénme pòlàn wányìr? [Pinyin]
What sort of broken shit is this?
(informal) device; contrivance
(informal) person; individual (usually used in pejorative senses such as a bad person)
他是什麼 玩意兒！ [MSC, trad.]
他是什么 玩意儿！ [MSC, simp.]
Tā shì shénme wányìr! [Pinyin]
What kind of louse is he!

我早知道他不是個好 玩意兒。 [MSC, trad.]
我早知道他不是个好 玩意儿。 [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ zǎo zhīdào tā bùshì ge hǎo wányìr. [Pinyin]
I knew all along that he was no good.
(informal) toy; plaything
(informal) trick; act

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

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		玩具
Mandarin	Beijing	玩意兒, 玩玩意兒, 玩印子
	Taiwan	玩具
	Jinan	玩意兒
	Luoyang	耍貨
	Xi'an	耍貨子
	Yinchuan	耍頭
	Xining	耍貨
	Wuhan	耍貨
	Chengdu	耍玩意兒, 玩具
	Yangzhou	耍貨
	Singapore	玩具
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	耍拉兒, 玩意兒
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	耍拉兒
Cantonese	Hong Kong	玩具, 嘢玩
Cantonese	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
Jin	Xinzhou	耍貨兒
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	客佻乇
Southern Min	Xiamen	𨑨迌物
	Quanzhou	𨑨迌物
	Zhangzhou	𨑨迌物
	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

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