# 玩意
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wányì
    (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˊ ㄧˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): wun$^6$ ji$^3$ / waan$^4$ ji$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wányì
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˊ ㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wányì
*** Wade–Giles: wan$^2$-i$^4$
*** Yale: wán-yì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wanyih
*** Palladius: ваньи (vanʹi)
*** Sinological IPA : /wän³⁵ i⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (玩意兒／玩意儿)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wányìr
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˊ ㄧˋㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wányìr
*** Wade–Giles: wan$^2$-i$^4$-ʼrh
*** Yale: wán-yìr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wanyell
*** Palladius: ваньир (vanʹir)
*** Sinological IPA : /wän³⁵ iə̯ɻ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: wun$^6$ ji$^3$ / waan$^4$ ji$^3$
*** Yale: wuhn yi / wàahn yi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wun$^6$ ji$^3$ / waan$^4$ ji$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wun$^6$ yi$^3$ / wan$^4$ yi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /wuːn²² jiː³³/, /waːn²¹ jiː³³/

### Noun

玩意
* (informal) thingamajig; thingie
       Zhè shì shénme pòlàn wányìr? [Pinyin]
       What sort of broken shit is this?
* (informal) device; contrivance
* (informal) person; individual (usually used in pejorative senses such as a bad person)
       Tā shì shénme wányìr! [Pinyin]
       What kind of louse is he!
       Wǒ zǎo zhīdào tā bùshì ge hǎo wányìr. [Pinyin]
       I knew all along that he was no good.
* (informal) toy; plaything
* (informal) trick; act

#### Synonyms

* (thingmajig): 事物 (shìwù)
* (toy):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 玩具 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 玩意兒, 玩玩意兒, 玩印子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 玩具 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 玩具 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 玩意兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 耍貨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 耍貨子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 耍貨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 耍拉兒, 玩意兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 耍拉兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 耍頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 耍玩意兒, 玩具 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 耍貨 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 耍貨 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 玩具, 嘢玩 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 玩具 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 耍個仔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 玩具 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 玩具 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 玩具 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 玩具 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 玩具 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 童物 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 耍貨, 玩兒具 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 耍貨兒 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 客佻乇 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 𨑨迌物 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 𨑨迌物 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 𨑨迌物, 𨑨迌物仔 |
| Southern Min | Taipei (Wanhua) | 尪仔物 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 𨑨迌物仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 𨑨迌物仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 𨑨迌物仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 𨑨迌物仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 𨑨迌物仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 𨑨迌物 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 𨑨迌物仔 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 𨑨迌物仔 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 𨑨迌物 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 尪公仔 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 𨑨迌物 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 𨑨迌物件, 羅坐物件 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 弄具 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 白相幹, 玩具 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 白相幹 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 嬲和東西, 白相果 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 狡調個物事 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 耍把戲 |

#### Derived terms

* 玩意兒／玩意儿 (wányìr)