HSK 6 · Verbs

玩弄 wánnòng “to play with” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 玩弄 means

  1. to play with
  2. to toy with
  3. to resort to (tricks)
  4. to dally with
  5. to engage in
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to resort to

How to say 玩弄

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale玩wán2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale弄nòng4th tone, falling

玩弄 in a sentence

  1. 你不该玩弄他的感情。

    Nǐ bùgāi wánnòng tā de gǎnqíng.

    You shouldn’t toy with his feelings.

    Sentence #970191 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 玩弄 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 玩 (wán) with each of its parts in a different colour
玩wánto play
  • 王king · wángMeaning part
  • 元first · yuánSound part

王 hints at the meaning (king); 元 (yuán) hints at the sound. Compare it with wán.

Memory aid王 here is jade 玉: turning a piece of jade over in your hands. 元 (yuán) gives the sound: to play.

The character 弄 (nòng) with each of its parts in a different colour
弄nòngto do
  • 玉jade · yù
  • 廾two hands · gǒng

How to write 玩弄

玩 8 strokes · 弄 7 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

玩弄 (wánnòng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 玩弄 (wánnòng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 玩弄

Words with 玩

好玩儿hǎowánr · amusing玩wán · to play开玩笑kāiwánxiào · to play a joke玩具wánjù · plaything玩意儿wányìr · thing

Words with 弄

弄nòng · to do

More words: Common Verbs

挖掘wājué · to dig完毕wánbì · to finish挽回wǎnhuí · to retrieve挽救wǎnjiù · to save喂wèi · to feed (a person or animal)维持wéichí · to maintain维护wéihù · to safeguard无理取闹wúlǐqǔnào · to make trouble for no reason

FAQs

玩弄 (wánnòng) means “to play with” or “to toy with”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it wánnòng: wán with a 2nd tone, then nòng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 玩弄 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type wannong with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 玩弄 from the suggestions. Typing wannong into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
玩弄 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.