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玩耍

wán shuǎ

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

玩耍 (wán shuǎ) means "to play (as children do); to amuse oneself". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 玩耍 means

1. to play (as children do)
2. to amuse oneself

The characters in 玩耍

• 玩wánto play; to have fun; to trifle with
• 耍shuǎto play with; to wield; to act (cool etc)

Example sentences

• 让我们玩耍吧。
  Let's play.
• 我们看着这孩子玩耍。
  We were watching the child at play.
• 孩子们在草地上玩耍。
  The children are having fun in the grass.
• 孩子们在公园里玩耍。
  The children are having fun in the park.
• 我小时候常常独自玩耍。
  I used to play alone when I was a child.
• 玛丽希望能够出去玩耍。
  Mary wished she could go outside and play.

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