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玩意儿

wán yì r

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 3-character word Traditional 玩意兒

玩意儿 (wán yìr) means "erhua variant of 玩意; toy; thing". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 玩意儿 means

1. erhua variant of {玩意|wán yì}

The characters in 玩意儿

• 玩wánto play; to have fun; to trifle with
• 意yì(bound form) idea; thought; meaning; sense; (bound form) intention; feeling; inclination…
• 儿érchild; son

Example sentences

• 那玩意儿怎么在这儿？
  What's that doing here?
• 能把那玩意儿递给我吗？
  Néng bǎ nà wányìr dì gěi wǒ ma?
  Can you pass me that thingamajig?
• 你知道怎么驾驶这玩意儿吗？
  Nǐ zhīdào zěnme jiàshǐ zhè wányìr ma?
  Do you know how to drive this thing?
• 你知道怎幺驾驶这玩意儿吗？
  Do you know how to drive this thing?
• 你刚才把一个玩意儿落在桌上了。
  Nǐ gāngcái bǎ yī gè wányìr luò zài zhuō shàng le.
  You just put a toy down on the table.

Sounds the same

Read wán yì r, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 玩艺儿variant of 玩意儿

Where 玩意儿 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · wán (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read wán yì r correctly.
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