Chinese word dictionary

童玩

tóng wán · (Tw) traditional handcrafted toy (e.g. spinning top 陀螺[tuo2 luo2], tangram 七巧板[qi1 qiao3 ban3] etc)

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Word information

Simplified童玩

Traditional童玩

Pinyintóng wán

Part of speechDictionary

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HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

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

童tóng

child, boy; servant boy; virgin

玩wán

to play with, to joke, to entertain

How to learn 童玩

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.

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Words with the same characters

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好玩儿hǎowánr

erhua variant of 好玩[hao3 wan2]

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]

儿童értóng

child

开玩笑kāiwánxiào

to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke

童年tóngnián

childhood

游玩yóuwán

to amuse oneself; to have fun; to go sightseeing; to take a stroll