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The Cantonese word waan - 玩 - waan4
(to play in Cantonese)

Deutsche Übersetzung von waanDeutschDeutsche Übersetzung
Traduction française de waanFrançaisTraduction française
Traducción española dewaanEspañolTraducción española




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Romanization (Jyutping)

waan4
also: wun6

English translations

to play, to have fun, to keep, to toy with, something to amuse oneself, to trifle with,
to raise for enjoyment, to joke, to take things lightly

Chinese character (simplified) and stroke order animation"How do I write 玩 ( waan4 ) correctly?"

The strokes that all Chinese characters are composed of are to be written in a certain order which has originally been defined by Chinese calligraphy. Writing all characters according to the same rules assures that their intended shape and style are generally preserved even if written by different writers.
This Cantonese dictionary shows you the correct stroke order as an animation for all individual characters so you can learn and understand how to write the character correctly. :
玩
The traditional Chinese characters of waan4 are identical with the modern (simplified) characters displayed above.
Character complexity
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玩 is composed of 8 strokes and therefore is of low complexity compared to the other simplified Chinese characters (average: 13.1 strokes).

Tags and additional information
(Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)

toy  |  joke
玩 ( waan / waan4 ) belongs to the 1000 most common Chinese characters (rank 869)
Other characters that are pronounced waan4 in Cantonese
还 (still) , 环 (ring) , 还 (to return)
More words that mean to play in Cantonese
daa1 ( 打 ), lung6 ( 弄 ), tek3 ( 踢 ), zau3 ( 奏 )
More words that mean to have fun in Cantonese
jau4 ( 游 )

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