把玩

Chinese

		handle; (a measure word); (marker for direct-object) handle; (a measure word); (marker for direct-object); to hold; to contain; to grasp; to take hold of	curios; antiques; to play curios; antiques; to play; to amuse oneself
simp. and trad. (把玩)		把	玩

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎwán

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚˇ ㄨㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baa² wun⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎwán
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚˇ ㄨㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎwán
    • Wade–Giles: pa³-wan²
    • Yale: bǎ-wán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baawan
    • Palladius: бавань (bavanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä²¹⁴⁻²¹ wän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baa² wun⁶
    • Yale: bá wuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baa² wun⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ba² wun⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paː³⁵ wuːn²²/

Verb

把玩

1. to play with; to fondle

Synonyms

• 反變／反变 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 搬弄 (bānnòng)
• 擺劃／摆划 (bǎihua) (regional)
• 擺弄／摆弄
• 擺撥／摆拨 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 玩弄
• 簸弄 (bǒnòng)
• 舞 (wǔ) (literary, or in compounds)

 

Related terms

• 賞玩／赏玩 (shǎngwán)