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Chinese Pinyin Translation
去 qù v. to go / to go to (a place) / (of a time etc) last / just passed / to send / to remove / to get rid of / to reduce / to be apart from in space or time / to die (euphemism) / to play (a part) / (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth / (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) / (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) syn
打 dǎ v., prep. to beat / to strike / to hit / to break / to type / to mix up / to build / to fight / to fetch / to make / to tie up / to issue / to shoot / to calculate / to play (a game) / since / from syn
拉 lā v. to pull / to play (a bowed instrument) / to drag / to draw / to chat / (coll.) to empty one's bowels syn
游戏 游戲 yóu xì n. game / CL:場|场[chang3] / to play syn
玩 wán v. to play / to have fun / to trifle with / toy / sth used for amusement / curio or antique (Taiwan pr. [wan4]) / to keep sth for entertainment syn
踢 tī v. to kick / to play (e.g. soccer) / (slang) butch (in a lesbian relationship) syn
弹 彈 tán v. to pluck (a string) / to play (a string instrument) / to spring or leap / to shoot (e.g. with a catapult) / (of cotton) to fluff or tease / to flick / to flip / to accuse / to impeach / elastic (of materials) syn
起到 qǐ dào v. (in an expression of the form 起到[qi3dao4] + … + 作用[zuo4yong4]) to have (a (motivating etc) effect) / to play (a (stabilizing etc) role)
玩儿 玩兒 wán r to play / to have fun / to hang out syn
玩耍 wán shuǎ v. to play (as children do) / to amuse oneself syn
弹奏 彈奏 tán zòu to play (musical instrument, esp. string) syn
打法 dǎ fǎ to play (a card) / to make a move in a game
吹奏 chuī zòu to play (wind instruments) syn
玩 翫 wàn to play / to have fun / to trifle with / toy / sth used for amusement / curio or antique (Taiwan pr. [wan4]) / to keep sth for entertainment / Taiwan pr. [wan4] syn
操 cāo to grasp / to hold / to operate / to manage / to control / to steer / to exercise / to drill (practice) / to play / to speak (a language) syn
般 pán to play / to amuse oneself / see 般樂|般乐[pan2 le4] syn
博 bó (bound form) abundant / plentiful / extensive / wide / to win / to gain / to play / to gamble / learned / well-read / (bound form) doctoral degree (abbr. for 博士[bo2 shi4]) / (bound form) blog (abbr. for 博客[bo2 ke4]) syn
扮 bàn v. to disguise oneself as / to dress up / to play (a role) / to put on (an expression) syn
顽 頑 wán mischievous / obstinate / to play / stupid / stubborn / naughty syn
嫽 liáo good / smart / to play
倒放 dào fàng to place upside down / to play (a video) backwards
抏 wán to consume / to exhaust / to play
耍子 shuǎ zi to play / to have fun
般乐 般樂 pán lè to play / to amuse oneself
嬉耍 xī shuǎ to play
厺 qù to go / to go to (a place) / (of a time etc) last / just passed / to send / to remove / to get rid of / to reduce / to be apart from in space or time / to die (euphemism) / to play (a part) / (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth / (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) / (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) / old variant of 去[qu4]
Chinese Pinyin Translation
打球 dǎ qiú to play ball / to play with a ball
戏剧 戲劇 xì jù n. a drama / a play / theater / script of a play syn
玩牌 wán pái to play cards / to play mahjong
权术 權術 quán shù art of politics / political tricks (often derog.) / power play / to play at politics / underhand trickery syn
踢足球 tī zú qiú to play football / to play soccer
做戏 做戲 zuò xì to act in a play / to put on a play
反串 fǎn chuàn (Chinese opera) to play a role outside of one's specialty / (modern) to play a transvestite role / to masquerade as an opponent
打扑克 打撲克 dǎ pū kè to play cards / to play poker
耳鬓厮磨 耳鬢廝磨 ěr bìn sī mó lit. to play together ear to ear and temple to temple (idiom) / fig. (of a boy and a girl) to play together often during childhood syn
装 裝 zhuāng v. adornment / to adorn / dress / clothing / costume (of an actor in a play) / to play a role / to pretend / to install / to fix / to wrap (sth in a bag) / to load / to pack syn
演 yǎn v. to perform (a play etc) / to stage (a show) / (bound form) to develop / to play out / to carry out (a task) syn
唱红脸 唱紅臉 chàng hóng liǎn to play the role of the hero (idiom) / to play the good cop
玩火自焚 wán huǒ zì fén to play with fire and get burnt (idiom) / fig. to play with evil and suffer the consequences / to get one's fingers burnt syn
闹着玩儿 鬧著玩兒 nào zhe wán r to play games / to joke around / to play a joke on sb syn
回 逥 huí v., m.w. to go back / to return / to turn back / to turn around / to reply / to answer / classifier for literary divisions (acts of a play, sections or chapters of a classic book) / classifier for occurrences or times / to curve / to revolve syn
场 塲 chǎng m.w. large place used for a specific purpose / stage / scene (of a play) / classifier for sporting or recreational activities / classifier for number of exams syn
表演 biǎo yǎn v. play / show / performance / exhibition / to perform / to act / to demonstrate / CL:場|场[chang3] syn
演出 yǎn chū v. to act (in a play) / to perform / to put on (a performance) / performance / concert / show / CL:場|场[chang3],次[ci4] syn
开玩笑 開玩笑 kāi wán xiào v. to play a joke / to make fun of / to joke syn
角色 jué sè n. role / part (in a play or movie etc) / also pr. [jiao3se4]
人物 rén wù n. person / personage / figure (esp. sb of importance) / character (in a play, novel etc) / (genre of traditional Chinese painting) figure painting syn
扮演 bàn yǎn v. to play the role of / to act syn
演戏 演戲 yǎn xì to put on a play / to perform / fig. to pretend / to feign
恶作剧 惡作劇 è zuò jù v., n. practical joke / prank / to play a practical joke syn
上演 shàng yǎn v. to screen (a movie) / to stage (a play) / a screening / a staging syn
演绎 演繹 yǎn yì v. (of a story etc) to unfold / to play out / to develop (a technique etc) / to enact / (logic) to deduce / to infer syn
玩弄 wán nòng v. to play with / to toy with / to dally with / to engage in / to resort to syn
编剧 編劇 biān jù v., n. to write a play / scenario / dramatist / screenwriter syn
折腾 折騰 zhē teng v. to toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly) / to repeat sth over and over again / to torment sb / to play crazy / to squander (time, money) syn
打牌 dǎ pái to play mahjong or cards
照办 照辦 zhào bàn v. to follow the rules / to do as instructed / to play by the book / to comply with a request
弹琴 彈琴 tán qín to play or strum a lute or other stringed instrument
调动 調動 diào dòng v. to transfer / to maneuver (troops etc) / movement of personnel / to mobilize / to bring into play syn
踢球 tī qiú to kick a ball / to play football syn
双关 雙關 shuāng guān pun / play on words
耍花招 shuǎ huā zhāo to play tricks on sb syn
玩乐 玩樂 wán lè to play around / to disport oneself syn
一席之地 yī xí zhī dì (acknowledged) place / a role to play / niche
江湖 jiāng hú rivers and lakes / all corners of the country / remote areas to which hermits retreat / section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law / the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wu3xia2]) / (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc / demimonde / (in modern times) triads / secret gangster societies / underworld syn
贬低 貶低 biǎn dī v. to belittle / to disparage / to play down / to demean / to degrade / to devalue syn
饰演 飾演 shì yǎn to act / to play a part syn
戏弄 戲弄 xì nòng to play tricks on / to make fun of / to tease syn
下棋 xià qí to play chess syn
充当 充當 chōng dāng v. to serve as / to act as / to play the role of syn
插曲 chā qǔ n. music played during a movie, play etc / incidental music / music played in a theatrical interlude / (fig.) incident / episode
搞鬼 gǎo guǐ v. to make mischief / to play tricks syn
玩火 wán huǒ to play with fire syn
开场白 開場白 kāi chǎng bái n. prologue of play / opening remarks / preamble (of speeches, articles etc) syn
说明书 說明書 shuō míng shū n. (technical) manual / (book of) directions / synopsis (of a play or film) / specification (patent) / CL:本[ben3] syn
悬念 懸念 xuán niàn n. suspense in a movie, play etc / concern for sb's welfare syn
撮合 cuō he to play matchmaker / to act as a middleman syn
话剧 話劇 huà jù n. stage play / modern drama / CL:臺|台[tai2],部[bu4] syn
小儿科 小兒科 xiǎo ér kē pediatrics / pediatric (department) / sth of little importance / trifle / a child's play / (slang) childish / petty / stingy syn
逃学 逃學 táo xué to play truant / to cut classes syn
装蒜 裝蒜 zhuāng suàn to act stupid / to play dumb / to pretend to not know syn
双关语 雙關語 shuāng guān yǔ pun / play on words / a phrase with a double meaning
儿戏 兒戲 ér xì child's play / trifling matter
剧目 劇目 jù mù n. theatrical piece (play or opera) / repertoire / list of plays or operas syn
过家家 過家家 guò jiā jiā to play house
本分 běn fèn n., adj. (to play) one's part / one's role / one's duty / (to stay within) one's bounds / dutiful / keeping to one's role syn
打鼓 dǎ gǔ to beat a drum / to play a drum / (fig.) to feel nervous syn
弹球 彈球 tán qiú to play marbles
作弄 zuò nòng to tease / to play tricks on syn
开演 開演 kāi yǎn (of a play, movie etc) to begin syn
举足轻重 舉足輕重 jǔ zú qīng zhòng to play a critical role (idiom) / influential syn
对白 對白 duì bái n. dialogue (in a movie or a play)
助攻 zhù gōng (military) to mount a secondary attack / (fig.) to assist in tackling a problem / (sports) to participate in a play in which a teammate scores (i.e. perform an assist)
假死 jiǎ sǐ suspended animation / feigned death / to play dead syn
捣鬼 搗鬼 dǎo guǐ to play tricks / to cause mischief syn
使坏 使壞 shǐ huài to play dirty tricks / to be up to mischief syn
跑龙套 跑龍套 pǎo lóng tào v. to play a small role syn
奏乐 奏樂 zòu yuè to perform music / to play a tune syn
旷课 曠課 kuàng kè v. to play truant / to cut classes syn
潜台词 潛臺詞 qián tái cí unspoken dialogue in a play, left for the audience to infer / subtext / (fig.) implicit assertion
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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