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耍

shuǎ

HSK 6 Character

What 耍 means

1. to play with
2. to wield
3. to act (cool etc)
4. to display (a skill, one's temper etc)

Other readings

耍 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Shuǎsurname Shua

Example sentences

• 不要耍我！
  Don't pull my leg!
• 我们被耍了。
  We've been tricked.
• 你是想耍我吗？
  Are you trying to make a fool of me?
• 让我们玩耍吧。
  Let's play.
• 别让他们耍了你。
  Don't let them fool you.
• 我们看着这孩子玩耍。
  We were watching the child at play.

Words starting with 耍

• 耍赖shuǎ làito act shamelessly; to refuse to acknowledge that one has lost the game, or made a…
• 耍子shuǎ zito play; to have fun
• 耍宝shuǎ bǎoto show off; to put on a show to amuse others
• 耍废shuǎ fèi(Taiwan; slang) to pass time idly; to chill; to hang out
• 耍弄shuǎ nòngto play with; to engage in; to resort to
• 耍滑shuǎ huáto resort to tricks; to act in a slippery way; to try to evade (work, responsibility)
• 耍钱shuǎ qián(colloquial) to gamble
• 耍闹shuǎ nàoto skylark; to play boisterously; to fool around
• 耍嘴皮shuǎ zuǐ píto show off with clever talk; big-headed; a smart-ass
• 耍手腕shuǎ shǒu wànto play tricks; to maneuver
• 耍无赖shuǎ wú làito act shamelessly; to behave in a way that leaves others tut-tutting and shaking their…
• 耍狮子shuǎ shī zito perform a lion dance
• 耍私情shuǎ sī qíngthe play of passions; carried away by passion (e.g. to commit a crime)
• 耍笔杆shuǎ bǐ gǎnto craft facile prose; to play around with words
• 耍坛子shuǎ tán zito perform a jar juggling and balancing act
• 耍花招shuǎ huā zhāoto play tricks on sb
• 耍花枪shuǎ huā qiāngto play tricks; to dupe
• 耍花样shuǎ huā yàngto play tricks on sb
• 耍贫嘴shuǎ pín zuǐ(colloquial) to wag one's tongue; to indulge in idle gossip and silly jokes…
• 耍嘴皮子shuǎ zuǐ pí zito talk glibly; to talk big; to be all talk
• 耍小聪明shuǎ xiǎo cōng mingto get smart; to resort to petty tricks
• 耍得团团转shuǎ de tuán tuán zhuànto fool; to dupe
• 耍猴shuǎ hóuto get a monkey to perform tricks; to put on a monkey show; to make fun of sb
• 耍脾气shuǎ pí qìto go into a huff

Words containing 耍

• 玩耍wán shuǎto play (as children do); to amuse oneself
• 杂耍zá shuǎa sideshow; vaudeville; juggling
• 戏耍xì shuǎto amuse oneself; to play with; to tease
• 嬉耍xī shuǎto play
• 关公面前耍大刀Guān gōng miàn qián shuǎ dà dāolit. to wield the broadsword in the presence of Lord Guan (idiom)…

Characters that look like 耍

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 要yàoto want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should
• 类lèikind; type; class; category; (classifier) kind; type; (bound form) to resemble…
• 姿zībeauty; disposition; looks
• 宴yàn(bound form) to entertain at a banquet; (bound form) banquet; feast; (literary) peaceful…
• 奕yìabundant; graceful
• 娄Lóusurname Lou; one of the 28 lunar mansions in Chinese astronomy