玩弄
wán nòng
Pinyin

Definition

玩弄
 - 
wán nòng
  1. to play with
  2. to toy with
  3. to dally with
  4. to engage in
  5. to resort to

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

玩
wán
  1. 1 to play
  2. 2 to have fun
  3. 3 to trifle with
  4. 4 toy
  5. 5 sth used for amusement
  6. 6 curio or antique (Taiwan pr. [wàn])
  7. 7 to keep sth for entertainment
玩家
wán jiā
  1. 1 player (of a game)
  2. 2 enthusiast (audio, model planes etc)
好玩
hǎo wán
  1. 1 amusing
  2. 2 fun
  3. 3 interesting
弄
lòng
  1. 1 lane
  2. 2 alley
玩儿
wán r5
  1. 1 to play
  2. 2 to have fun
  3. 3 to hang out
玩具
wán jù
  1. 1 plaything
  2. 2 toy
玩意
wán yì
  1. 1 toy
  2. 2 plaything
  3. 3 thing
  4. 4 act
  5. 5 trick (in a performance, stage show, acrobatics etc)
玩笑
wán xiào
  1. 1 to joke
  2. 2 joke
  3. 3 jest
作弄
zuò nòng
  1. 1 to tease
  2. 2 to play tricks on
侍弄
shì nòng
  1. 1 to look after
  2. 2 to tend (one's crops, garden, livestock, pets etc)
  3. 3 to repair
倒弄
dǎo nong
  1. 1 to move (things around)
  2. 2 to buy and sell at a profit (derog.)
古玩
gǔ wán
  1. 1 antique
  2. 2 curio
古玩店
gǔ wán diàn
  1. 1 antique store
吃喝玩乐
chī hē wán lè
  1. 1 to eat, drink and be merry (idiom)
  2. 2 to abandon oneself to a life of pleasure
吟风弄月
yín fēng nòng yuè
  1. 1 lit. singing of the wind and the moon; fig. vacuous and sentimental (of poetry or art)
含饴弄孙
hán yí nòng sūn
  1. 1 lit. to play with one's grandchildren while eating candy (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to enjoy a happy and leisurely old age
呼弄
hū nòng
  1. 1 to fool
  2. 2 to deceive
唬弄
hǔ nòng
  1. 1 to fool
  2. 2 to deceive
嘲弄
cháo nòng
  1. 1 to tease
  2. 2 to poke fun at
  3. 3 to make fun of
好玩儿
hǎo wán r5
  1. 1 erhua variant of 好玩[hǎo wán]

Idioms (13)

吃喝玩乐
chī hē wán lè
  1. 1 to eat, drink and be merry (idiom)
  2. 2 to abandon oneself to a life of pleasure
含饴弄孙
hán yí nòng sūn
  1. 1 lit. to play with one's grandchildren while eating candy (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to enjoy a happy and leisurely old age
弄假成真
nòng jiǎ chéng zhēn
  1. 1 pretense that turns into reality (idiom); to play at make-believe, but accidentally make it true
弄嘴弄舌
nòng zuǐ nòng shé
  1. 1 to cause a dispute through boastful gossip (idiom)
弄懂弄通
nòng dǒng nòng tōng
  1. 1 to get a thorough understanding of sth (idiom)
弄虚作假
nòng xū zuò jiǎ
  1. 1 to practice fraud (idiom); by trickery
搔首弄姿
sāo shǒu nòng zī
  1. 1 to stroke one's hair coquettishly (idiom)
搬弄是非
bān nòng shì fēi
  1. 1 to incite a quarrel (idiom); to sow discord between people
  2. 2 to tell tales
  3. 3 to make mischief
玩世不恭
wán shì bù gōng
  1. 1 to trifle without respect (idiom); to despise worldly conventions
  2. 2 frivolous
玩火自焚
wán huǒ zì fén
  1. 1 to play with fire and get burnt (idiom); fig. to play with evil and suffer the consequences
  2. 2 to get one's fingers burnt
玩物丧志
wán wù sàng zhì
  1. 1 lit. trifling destroys the will (idiom); infatuation with fine details prevents one making progress
  2. 2 excessive attention to trivia saps the will
班门弄斧
Bān mén nòng fǔ
  1. 1 to display one's slight skill before an expert (idiom)
装神弄鬼
zhuāng shén nòng guǐ
  1. 1 lit. dress up as God, play the devil (idiom); fig. to mystify
  2. 2 to deceive people
  3. 3 to scam

Sample Sentences

行了，我受够了！我对你全心全意，你却一直在玩弄我的感情。我今天总算看清你了。我们彻底分手！
xíng le ，wǒ shòugòu le ！wǒ duì nǐ quánxīnquányì ，nǐ què yīzhí zài wánnòng wǒ de gǎnqíng 。wǒ jīntiān zǒngsuàn kànqīng nǐ le 。wǒmen chèdǐ fēnshǒu ！
All right, I've had enough! I was totally devoted to you, but you just toy with my emotions. I can finally see it clearly. We are really through.
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