不倒翁 bù dǎo wēng roly-poly toy syn 矮胖 ǎi pàng short and stout / dumpy / roly-poly syn 胖墩儿 胖墩兒 pàng dūn r (coll.) short, fat person (esp. a kid) / a roly-poly 潮虫 潮蟲 cháo chóng woodlouse (suborder Oniscidea within the order Isopoda) / a.k.a. roly-poly, pill bug, sow bug etc 毛绒玩具 毛絨玩具 máo róng wán jù plush toy / cuddly toy 挼 ruá (dialect) (of paper or cloth) wrinkled / crumpled / (dialect) (of clothes) worn out / (dialect) (of a fire's intensity, one's physical condition etc) weak / feeble / (dialect) (of skill) poor / inferior 溜 liù swift current / rapids / (dialect) (of speech, actions etc) skilled / proficient / (of movements) quick / speedy / (bound form) rain runoff from a roof / (bound form) roof gutter / classifier for rows, lines etc / surroundings / neighborhood / (dialect) to practice / (dialect) to plaster / to fill in the cracks (with cement, lime plaster etc) syn 多元 duō yuán poly- / multi- / multielement / multivariant / multivariate (math.) syn 多 duō many / much / more / a lot of / too many / in excess / (after a numeral) ... odd / how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]) / (bound form) multi- / poly- syn 聚 jù to assemble / to gather (transitive or intransitive) / (chemistry) poly- syn 保利科技有限公司 bǎo lì kē jì yǒu xiàn gōng sī Poly Technologies (defense manufacturing company) 未增塑聚氯乙烯 wèi zēng sù jù lǜ yǐ xī unplasticized poly(vinyl chloride) / unplastified PVC 玩具 wán jù plaything / toy syn 玩弄 wán nòng to play with / to toy with / to dally with / to engage in / to resort to syn 玩意 wán yì toy / plaything / thing / act / trick (in a performance, stage show, acrobatics etc) syn 玩偶 wán ǒu toy figurine / action figure / stuffed animal / doll / (fig.) sb's plaything syn 公仔 gōng zǎi doll / cuddly toy 积木 積木 jī mù toy building blocks 情趣用品 qíng qù yòng pǐn adult product / sex toy 玩物 wán wù toy / plaything syn 发条 發條 fā tiáo clockwork spring (used to power a watch or windup toy etc) / (attributive) windup / clockwork syn 玩具厂 玩具廠 wán jù chǎng toy factory 水枪 水槍 shuǐ qiāng water pistol (toy) / water gun / sprinkler / water cannon 万代 萬代 wàn dài Bandai toy company syn 自慰器 zì wèi qì sex toy / masturbation aid 竹马 竹馬 zhú mǎ bamboo stick used as a toy horse 电动玩具 電動玩具 diàn dòng wán jù battery-powered toy / (Tw) video game / computer game 扭蛋 niǔ dàn toy in a capsule (dispensed from a vending machine) 上弦 shàng xián to wind up a watch, clockwork toy etc / to tighten the string of a bow, violin etc / first quarter (phase of the moon) 拨浪鼓 撥浪鼓 bō làng gǔ a drum-shaped rattle (used by peddlers or as a toy) / rattle-drum syn 玩具枪 玩具槍 wán jù qiāng toy gun 健慰器 jiàn wèi qì sex toy 尜 gá toy formed of a spindle with two sharp ends 尜尜 gá ga toy formed of a spindle with two sharp ends / brochette (such as corncob) 撚 niǎn to play tricks on or toy with / delicate / exquisite (Cantonese) 跳蛋 tiào dàn love egg (sex toy) 玩具形地雷 toy mine 智力玩具 zhì lì wán jù educational toy 益智玩具 yì zhì wán jù educational toy 震蛋 zhèn dàn love egg (sex toy) 转蛋 轉蛋 zhuǎn dàn toy in a capsule (dispensed from a vending machine) 九连环 九連環 jiǔ lián huán Chinese rings, a brainteaser toy consisting of nine rings interlocked on a looped handle, the objective being to remove the rings from the handle 布偶 bù ǒu stuffed toy / rag doll 童玩 tóng wán (Tw) traditional handcrafted toy (e.g. spinning top 陀螺[tuo2 luo2], tangram 七巧板[qi1 qiao3 ban3] etc) 食玩 shí wán small toy or figurine included with a food product / DIY candy kit 情趣玩具 qíng qù wán jù sex toy 拨浪鼓 撥浪鼓 bō lang gǔ rattle drum / pellet drum – a hand drum with two pellets attached to strings on either side, mounted on a rod that is twirled to make the pellets strike the drum (used in ritual music, as a children's toy or as a street vendor's noisemaker) syn 试玩 試玩 shì wán to try out (a game, toy etc) 飞机杯 飛機杯 fēi jī bēi male masturbator (sex toy) / artificial vagina 假水 jiǎ shuǐ slime (toy) 咱们 咱們 zán men we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to) / (dialect) I or me / (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you / also pr. [za2 men5] syn 风光 風光 fēng guāng scene / view / sight / landscape / to be well-regarded / to be well-off / grand (dialect) / impressive (dialect) syn 黄牛 黃牛 huáng niú ox / cattle / scalper of tickets etc / (dialect) to fail to show up / (dialect) to break a promise syn 大 dà big / large / great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4jie3]) / greatly / freely / fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother) syn 拿捏 ná niē (lit. and fig.) to grasp / to control / (dialect) affecting shyness / coy / (dialect) to deliberately create difficulties / to threaten 着 著 zhāo a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]) / trick / tactic / (dialect) okay / all right / (dialect) to put in / to add syn 种花 種花 zhòng huā to grow flowers / (dialect) to vaccinate / (dialect) to grow cotton syn 咧咧 liē liē (dialect) to cry / to whimper / (dialect) to talk drivel 兴 興 xīng to rise / to flourish / to become popular / to start / to encourage / to get up / (often used in the negative) to permit or allow (dialect) / maybe (dialect) syn 砻 礱 lóng (dialect) tool used to hull rice (similar to a grain mill) / (dialect) to hull rice using this tool syn 㞎 bǎ (dialect) poo / (dialect) to shit 启海话 啟海話 qǐ hǎi huà Qihai dialect, a Wu dialect spoken in Tongzhou, Haimen, and Qidong districts in southern Jiangsu province, and on Chongming Island in Shanghai 媳妇 媳婦 xí fu (dialect) wife / (dialect) young married woman syn 拧巴 擰巴 nǐng ba (dialect) awkward / uncomfortable / (dialect) obstinate / contrary / argumentative 磕碜 磕磣 kē chen (dialect) ugly / unsightly / shabby / (dialect) to humiliate / to ridicule 馃子 餜子 guǒ zi (dialect) pastry / (dialect) youtiao / deep-fried cruller 齁甜 hōu tián (dialect) (of food) excessively sweet / cloying / (dialect) (of words, affection etc) sickenly sweet / overly sentimental 巴适 巴適 bā shì (Sichuan dialect) comfortable / suitable / excellent / really good / (Sichuan dialect) to be close to (sb) / to curry favor with 先生 xiān sheng teacher / gentleman / sir / mister (Mr.) / husband / (dialect) doctor / CL:位[wei4] syn 仔细 仔細 zǐ xì careful / attentive / cautious / to be careful / to look out / (dialect) thrifty / frugal syn 大大 dà dà greatly / enormously / (dialect) dad / uncle syn 眼神 yǎn shén expression or emotion showing in one's eyes / meaningful glance / wink / eyesight (dialect) syn 味道 wèi dao flavor / taste / (fig.) feeling (of ...) / sense (of ...) / hint (of ...) / (fig.) interest / delight / (dialect) smell / odor syn 早已 zǎo yǐ for a long time / long since / (dialect) in the past syn 对付 對付 duì fu to handle / to deal with / to tackle / to get by with / to make do / (dialect) (usu. used in the negative) to get along with (sb) syn 周日 週日 zhōu rì (dialect) weekday syn 事儿 事兒 shì r one's employment / business / matter that needs to be settled / (northern dialect) (of a person) demanding / trying / troublesome / erhua variant of 事[shi4] / CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1] syn 汉子 漢子 hàn zi man / fellow / (dialect) husband syn 飘飘 飄飄 piāo piāo to float about / to flutter (in the breeze) / (dialect) gay guy / (Tw) ghost syn 后续 後續 hòu xù follow-up / (dialect) to remarry syn 梅花 méi huā plum blossom / clubs ♣ (a suit in card games) / wintersweet (dialect) syn 早晚 zǎo wǎn morning and evening / (in reference to sth that is bound to happen) sooner or later / one of these days / (coll.) (this, or that) point of time / (dialect) at some time in the future syn 交朋友 jiāo péng you to make friends / (dialect) to start an affair with sb 肩头 肩頭 jiān tóu on one's shoulders / (dialect) shoulder syn 马甲 馬甲 mǎ jiǎ corset / sockpuppet (Internet slang) / vest (dialect) syn 嘎嘎 gā gā (onom.) quack / honk / (northern dialect) very / also pr. [ga1 ga5], [ga2 ga5] etc syn 潮州 cháo zhōu see 潮州市[Chao2zhou1 Shi4] / see 潮州鎮|潮州镇[Chao2zhou1 Zhen4] / Chaozhou, variant of Minnan dialect 閩南語|闽南语[Min3nan2yu3] spoken in east Guangdong 方言 fāng yán topolect / dialect syn 过早 過早 guò zǎo premature / untimely / (dialect) to have breakfast / breakfast 天道 tiān dào natural law / heavenly law / weather (dialect) syn 阿拉 ā lā (Wu dialect) I / me / my / we / us / our 调理 調理 tiáo lǐ to nurse one's health / to recuperate / to take care of / to look after / to discipline / to educate / to train / to prepare food / (dialect) to make fun of / (medicine) to opsonize syn 老爹 lǎo diē (dialect) father / old man / sir syn 靓女 靚女 liàng nǚ (dialect) pretty girl syn 麻雀 má què sparrow / (dialect) mahjong syn 妹子 mèi zi (dialect) younger sister / girl syn 吹牛 chuī niú to talk big / to shoot off one's mouth / to chat (dialect) syn 好生 hǎo shēng (dialect) very / quite / properly / well / thoroughly syn 娘子 孃子 niáng zǐ (dialect) form of address for one's wife / polite form of address for a woman syn