Chinese word dictionary

玩话

wán huà · playful talk; joking

Practice word

Word information

Simplified玩话

Traditional玩話

Pinyinwán huà

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

玩wán

to play with, to joke, to entertain

话huà

talk, speech; language, dialect

How to learn 玩话

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

Related vocabulary

Words with the same characters

Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.

打电话dǎdiànhuà

to make a telephone call

电话diànhuà

telephone; CL:部[bu4]; phone call; CL:通[tong1]; phone number

好玩儿hǎowánr

erhua variant of 好玩[hao3 wan2]

说话shuōhuà

to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word

玩wán

to play; to have fun; to trifle with; toy; sth used for amusement; curio or antique (Taiwan pr. [wan4]); to keep sth for entertainment; variant of 玩[wan2]; Taiwan pr. [wan4]

的话dehuà

if (coming after a conditional clause)