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楽勝

see styles
 rakushou / rakusho
    らくしょう
(noun/participle) (1) easy victory; walkover; (noun/participle) (2) easy peasy; child's play; cakewalk; walk in the park

橫吹


横吹

see styles
héng chuī
    heng2 chui1
heng ch`ui
    heng chui
military wind and percussion music played on horseback under the Han; transverse flute; to play such a flute
See: 横吹

權術


权术

see styles
quán shù
    quan2 shu4
ch`üan shu
    chüan shu
art of politics; political tricks (often derog.); power play; to play at politics; underhand trickery

止男

see styles
 tomeo
    とめお
(1) tout; (2) arbitrator (esp. in a play); (given name) Tomeo

死宅

see styles
sǐ zhái
    si3 zhai2
ssu chai
die-hard otaku (sb who hardly ever emerges from their home, where they play games, watch movies etc)

殺陣

see styles
 tate; satsujin
    たて; さつじん
sword fight (in a film, play, etc.); stage combat; fight scene

毽子

see styles
jiàn zi
    jian4 zi5
chien tzu
a kind of shuttlecock used to play games in which it is kept in the air without using the hands, primarily by kicking; game played with such a shuttlecock

江湖

see styles
jiāng hú
    jiang1 hu2
chiang hu
 kouko / koko
    こうこ
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[wu3 xia2]); (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc; demimonde; (in modern times) triads; secret gangster societies; underworld
Zen disciples; (surname) Kōko
Kiangsi and Hunan, where and whence the 禪 Chan (Zen) or Intuitive movement had its early spread, the title being applied to followers of this cult.

決戦

see styles
 kessen
    けっせん
(n,vs,vi) decisive battle; deciding match; play-off

沙池

see styles
shā chí
    sha1 chi2
sha ch`ih
    sha chih
 sachi
    さち
sandpit (for children's play or for long jump etc); sandbox
(female given name) Sachi

泡妞

see styles
pào niū
    pao4 niu1
p`ao niu
    pao niu
to pick up girls; to play around with girls; to chase after girls

流す

see styles
 nagasu
    ながす
(transitive verb) (1) to drain; to pour; to run; to let flow; to flush; to shed (blood, tears); to spill; (transitive verb) (2) to float (e.g. logs down a river); to set adrift; (transitive verb) (3) to wash away; to carry away; to sweep away; (transitive verb) (4) to broadcast; to play (e.g. music over a loudspeaker); to send (electricity through a wire); (transitive verb) (5) to circulate (a rumour, information, etc.); to spread; to distribute; (v5s,vi) (6) to cruise (of a taxi); to stroll around (in search of customers, an audience, etc.); to go from place to place; (transitive verb) (7) to cancel (a plan, meeting, etc.); to call off; to reject (e.g. a bill); (transitive verb) (8) to forfeit (a pawn); (v5s,vi) (9) to do leisurely (e.g. running, swimming); to do with ease; to do effortlessly; (transitive verb) (10) to exile; to banish; (transitive verb) (11) {baseb} to hit (the ball) to the opposite field; (suf,v5s) (12) (after the -masu stem of a verb) to do inattentively; to do without concentrating; to put little effort into doing; (transitive verb) (13) to cause a miscarriage; to abort

淡化

see styles
dàn huà
    dan4 hua4
tan hua
to water down; to play down; to trivialize; to weaken; to become dull with time; to desalinate; desalination

滴蠟


滴蜡

see styles
dī là
    di1 la4
ti la
(BDSM) wax play

演る

see styles
 yaru
    やる
(transitive verb) (often used in the popular music industry) (See 演じる・1) to perform; to play; to act

演戯

see styles
 engi
    えんぎ
drama; play

演戲


演戏

see styles
yǎn xì
    yan3 xi4
yen hsi
to put on a play; to perform; fig. to pretend; to feign

演繹


演绎

see styles
yǎn yì
    yan3 yi4
yen i
 eneki
    えんえき
(of a story etc) to unfold; to play out; to develop (a technique etc); to enact; (logic) to deduce; to infer
(noun, transitive verb) deductive reasoning; deduction

演義


演义

see styles
yǎn yì
    yan3 yi4
yen i
 yoni
    よんい
to dramatize historical events; novel or play on historical theme
(1) popularization; simplification; explaining in simple language; (2) adaptation of history for popular reading (esp. Chinese); historical novel writing; (given name) Yon'i
draw out and explain the meaning or the real gist

演能

see styles
 ennou / enno
    えんのう
(noun/participle) performance of a noh play; performing a noh play

照辦


照办

see styles
zhào bàn
    zhao4 ban4
chao pan
to follow the rules; to do as instructed; to play by the book; to comply with a request

牽く

see styles
 hiku
    ひく
(v5k,vi,vt) (1) to pull; (2) to draw (attention, etc.); to attract (interest, etc.); (3) to draw back; (4) to draw (a card); (5) to draw (plan, line, etc.); (6) to catch (cold); (7) to play (string instr.); (8) to look up (e.g. dictionary); to consult; (transitive verb) (9) to haul; to pull (vehicles); (10) to subtract; (11) to ebb; to fade; (12) to descend (from); to inherit (a characteristic); (13) to quote; to raise (as evidence); (14) to lay (a cable); to draw (a cable)

狂言

see styles
kuáng yán
    kuang2 yan2
k`uang yen
    kuang yen
 kyougen / kyogen
    きょうげん
ravings; delirious utterances; kyōgen (a form of traditional Japanese comic theater)
(1) {noh} (See 本狂言,間狂言) kyogen; farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play; (2) {kabuki} kabuki play; kabuki performance; (3) make-believe; ruse; trick

王炸

see styles
wáng zhà
    wang2 zha4
wang cha
both jokers, the unbeatable play in the card game "dou dizhu" 鬥地主|斗地主[dou4 di4 zhu3]; (fig.) powerful move that stuns everyone; a total game-changer

玩ぶ

see styles
 moteasobu
    もてあそぶ
(transitive verb) (1) to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; (2) to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; (3) to do with something as one pleases; (4) to appreciate

玩兒


玩儿

see styles
wán r
    wan2 r5
wan r
to play; to have fun; to hang out

玩樂


玩乐

see styles
wán lè
    wan2 le4
wan le
to play around; to disport oneself

玩法

see styles
wán fǎ
    wan2 fa3
wan fa
to play fast and loose with the law; to game the system; (leisure) rules of the game; way of doing an activity; (tourism) way of experiencing a place

玩火

see styles
wán huǒ
    wan2 huo3
wan huo
to play with fire

玩牌

see styles
wán pái
    wan2 pai2
wan p`ai
    wan pai
to play cards; to play mahjong

玩耍

see styles
wán shuǎ
    wan2 shua3
wan shua
to play (as children do); to amuse oneself

班女

see styles
 hanjo
    はんじょ
(work) Hanjo (noh play by Zeami); (wk) Hanjo (noh play by Zeami)

琴瑟

see styles
qín sè
    qin2 se4
ch`in se
    chin se
 kinshitsu
    きんしつ
qin and se, two string instruments that play in perfect harmony; marital harmony
(1) (See 瑟,琴・きん) qin and se (two different kinds of Chinese zither); (2) happy marriage

留男

see styles
 tomeo
    とめお
(1) tout; (2) arbitrator (esp. in a play); (given name) Tomeo

留白

see styles
liú bái
    liu2 bai2
liu pai
to leave a message; to leave some empty space in a work of art; to leave idle moments (in one's life, a theater play etc)

百眼

see styles
 hyakumanako
    ひゃくまなこ
(1) (See 百面相) using multiple simple paper masks to represent different emotions in a play (from the middle of the Edo period); (2) (See 目鬘) simple paper mask

盤弄


盘弄

see styles
pán nòng
    pan2 nong4
p`an nung
    pan nung
to play around with; to fidget; to fondle

看戲


看戏

see styles
kàn xì
    kan4 xi4
k`an hsi
    kan hsi
to watch a play; to watch passively (i.e. from the sidelines, from the crowd)

短劇


短剧

see styles
duǎn jù
    duan3 ju4
tuan chü
short play; sketch; skit; (neologism, attested by 2020) short-form video drama (esp. episodic videos made for mobile platforms, typically less than 5 minutes per episode)

神游

see styles
shén yóu
    shen2 you2
shen yu
 jinyū
to go on a mental journey
to play of the spirit

禁演

see styles
jìn yǎn
    jin4 yan3
chin yen
to ban (a play or movie)

稼ぐ

see styles
 kasegu
    かせぐ
(transitive verb) (1) to earn (income); to make (money); (transitive verb) (2) to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to play (for time); (v5g,vi) (3) to work hard (at one's job); to labor; to labour; to toil

糸道

see styles
 itomichi
    いとみち
(1) groove in a shamisen player's fingernail caused by the friction of the string of the instrument; (2) someone's ability to play the shamisen

終劇

see styles
 shuugeki / shugeki
    しゅうげき
(noun/participle) end of a play

結幕


结幕

see styles
jié mù
    jie2 mu4
chieh mu
final scene (of a play); denouement

続演

see styles
 zokuen
    ぞくえん
(noun, transitive verb) continued staging (of a play or show)

編劇


编剧

see styles
biān jù
    bian1 ju4
pien chü
to write a play; scenario; dramatist; screenwriter

編導


编导

see styles
biān dǎo
    bian1 dao3
pien tao
to write and direct (a play, film etc); playwright-director; choreographer-director; scenarist-director

緩み

see styles
 yurumi
    ゆるみ
slack; looseness; play

美技

see styles
 bigi
    びぎ
excellent performance; fine play

翫ぶ

see styles
 moteasobu
    もてあそぶ
(transitive verb) (1) to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; (2) to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; (3) to do with something as one pleases; (4) to appreciate

翻案

see styles
fān àn
    fan1 an4
fan an
 honan
    ほんあん
to reverse a verdict; to present different views on a historical person or verdict
(noun, transitive verb) adaptation (of a novel, play, etc.)

老松

see styles
 oimatsu
    おいまつ
old pine tree; (wk) Oimatsu (noh play); Oimatsu (song title)

耍子

see styles
shuǎ zi
    shua3 zi5
shua tzu
to play; to have fun

耍弄

see styles
shuǎ nòng
    shua3 nong4
shua nung
to play with; to engage in; to resort to; to dally with

耍鬧


耍闹

see styles
shuǎ nào
    shua3 nao4
shua nao
to skylark; to play boisterously; to fool around

耽戲


耽戏

see styles
dān xì
    dan1 xi4
tan hsi
 ton ki
absorbed in play

能楽

see styles
 nouraku / noraku
    のうらく
noh play; (place-name) Nouraku

自摸

see styles
zì mō
    zi4 mo1
tzu mo
 tsumo; tsuumoo / tsumo; tsumoo
    ツモ; ツーモー
(mahjong) to self-draw the winning tile; (slang) to play with oneself; to masturbate
(1) (kana only) {mahj} drawing a tile from the wall (chi: zìmō); (2) (kana only) {mahj} win with a self-drawn tile; (3) (abbreviation) (kana only) {mahj} (See 門前清自摸和) winning off a self-drawn tile while completely concealed (meld); winning off a self-drawn tile without having called any tiles

自演

see styles
 jien
    じえん
(n,vs,vi) playing a part in one's own play, film, etc.; directing one's own play, film, etc.

臺本


台本

see styles
tái běn
    tai2 ben3
t`ai pen
    tai pen
 daimoto
    だいもと
script (of a play, movie, or television program)
(surname) Daimoto

與戲


与戏

see styles
yǔ xì
    yu3 xi4
yü hsi
 yoki
To play, perform plays.

舞台

see styles
 butai
    ぶたい
(1) stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); (2) stage performance; stage production; theatrical production; play; show; (3) setting (of a story); scene; (4) sphere (of activity); stage (e.g. political stage); scene; arena; world; (place-name) Butai

般樂


般乐

see styles
pán lè
    pan2 le4
p`an le
    pan le
to play; to amuse oneself

芝居

see styles
 shibai
    しばい
play; drama; (surname) Shibai

著棋


着棋

see styles
zhuó qí
    zhuo2 qi2
cho ch`i
    cho chi
to play chess

虛頭


虚头

see styles
xū tóu
    xu1 tou2
hsü t`ou
    hsü tou
to play tricks; to deceive

行る

see styles
 yaru
    やる
(transitive verb) (1) (kana only) (colloquialism) to do; to undertake; to perform; to play (a game); to study; (2) (kana only) to send; to dispatch; to despatch; (3) (kana only) to put; to move; to turn (one's head, glance, etc.); (4) (kana only) to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status); to let have; to present; to bestow; to confer; (5) (kana only) to make (a vehicle) go faster; (6) (kana only) to run (a business); to keep; to be engaged in; to practice (law, medicine, etc.); to practise; (7) (kana only) to have (food, drink, etc.); to eat; to drink; to smoke; (8) (kana only) to hold (a performance); to perform; to show; (9) (kana only) to ease (one's mind); (10) (colloquialism) (kana only) to harm; to injure; to kill; (11) (kana only) (slang) to have sex with; (v5r,vi) (12) (kana only) to live; to get by; to get along; (suf,v5r) (13) (kana only) to do ... completely; (14) (kana only) to do ... broadly; to do ... to a great distance; (aux-v,v5r) (15) (kana only) to do ... for (someone of equal or lower status); to do ... to (sometimes with negative nuance); (16) (kana only) to make active efforts to ...

表演

see styles
biǎo yǎn
    biao3 yan3
piao yen
play; show; performance; exhibition; to perform; to act; to demonstrate; CL:場|场[chang3]

裝死


装死

see styles
zhuāng sǐ
    zhuang1 si3
chuang ssu
to play dead

裝蒜


装蒜

see styles
zhuāng suàn
    zhuang1 suan4
chuang suan
to act stupid; to play dumb; to pretend to not know

製作


制作

see styles
zhì zuò
    zhi4 zuo4
chih tso
 seisaku / sesaku
    せいさく
to make; to manufacture
(noun, transitive verb) (1) manufacture; production; (noun, transitive verb) (2) production (of a film, play, TV show, etc.)

観能

see styles
 kannou / kanno
    かんのう
viewing noh; seeing a noh play; going to a noh theater

角色

see styles
jué sè
    jue2 se4
chüeh se
role; part (in a play or movie etc); also pr. [jiao3se4]

詭弁

see styles
 kiben
    きべん
(noun - becomes adjective with の) sophistry; sophism; chicanery; play on words

詭辯


诡辩

see styles
guǐ biàn
    gui3 bian4
kuei pien
 kiben
    きべん
specious arguments; sophistry
(out-dated kanji) (noun - becomes adjective with の) sophistry; sophism; chicanery; play on words

話劇


话剧

see styles
huà jù
    hua4 ju4
hua chü
stage play; modern drama; CL:臺|台[tai2],部[bu4]

調動


调动

see styles
diào dòng
    diao4 dong4
tiao tung
to transfer; to maneuver (troops etc); movement of personnel; to mobilize; to bring into play

貶低


贬低

see styles
biǎn dī
    bian3 di1
pien ti
to belittle; to disparage; to play down; to demean; to degrade; to devalue

資す

see styles
 shisu
    しす
(v5s,vi) (1) (See 資する) to contribute; to play a part in; to have a hand in; (v5s,vi) (2) to finance

賣傻


卖傻

see styles
mài shǎ
    mai4 sha3
mai sha
to play stupid; to act like an idiot

走戲


走戏

see styles
zǒu xì
    zou3 xi4
tsou hsi
 sōki
to run about in play

起到

see styles
qǐ dào
    qi3 dao4
ch`i tao
    chi tao
(in an expression of the form 起到[qi3 dao4] + … + 作用[zuo4 yong4]) to have (a (motivating etc) effect); to play (a (stabilizing etc) role)

転ぶ

see styles
 korobu(p); marobu
    ころぶ(P); まろぶ
(v5b,vi) (1) to fall down; to fall over; (v5b,vi) (2) (ころぶ only) (oft. as どう転んでも) to turn out; to play out; (v5b,vi) (3) (ころぶ only) (in early Japanese Christianity) to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize; (v5b,vi) (4) (See ころがる・1) to roll; to tumble; (v5b,vi) (5) (archaism) (for a geisha) to prostitute (herself) in secret

輟演


辍演

see styles
chuò yǎn
    chuo4 yan3
ch`o yen
    cho yen
to stop performing a play; to interrupt a stage run

逃學


逃学

see styles
táo xué
    tao2 xue2
t`ao hsüeh
    tao hsüeh
to play truant; to cut classes

逗哏

see styles
dòu gén
    dou4 gen2
tou ken
funny man (lead role in comic dialogue 對口相聲|对口相声[dui4 kou3 xiang4 sheng1]); to joke; to play the fool; to provoke laughter

逗弄

see styles
dòu nòng
    dou4 nong4
tou nung
to tease; to provoke; to play with (a child, animal etc)

遊び

see styles
 asobi
    あそび
(1) play; playing; game; (2) pleasure; amusement; pastime; recreation; diversion; (3) play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); (4) flexibility (in a performance, art, etc.); freedom; (5) (abbreviation) (See 遊び紙) flyleaf

遊ぶ

see styles
 asobu(p); asubu(ok)
    あそぶ(P); あすぶ(ok)
(v5b,vi) (1) to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to have a good time; (v5b,vi) (2) to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); (v5b,vi) (3) to be idle; to do nothing; to be unused; (v5b,vi) (4) to meet up (with friends); to hang out; (v5b,vi) (5) to give oneself up (to gambling, drinking, etc.); (v5b,vi) (6) (as 〜に遊ぶ) to go to (for pleasure or for study); (v5b,vi) (7) (See もてあそぶ・2) to tease (someone); to play (with); (v5b,vi) (8) {baseb} to intentionally throw a ball to lower the batter's concentration

遊具

see styles
 yuugu / yugu
    ゆうぐ
play equipment; playground equipment

遊戯

see styles
 yuge
    ゆげ
(n,vs,vi) (1) play; playing; game; (n,vs,vi) (2) (usu. お〜) play and dance (at a kindergarten or elementary school); (surname) Yuge

遊戲


游戏

see styles
yóu xì
    you2 xi4
yu hsi
 yūge
game (CL:場|场[chang3]); to play
vikrīḍita. To roam for pleasure; play, sport.

遊着

see styles
 asobigi
    あそびぎ
(1) (children's) play clothes; playsuit; rompers; (2) leisurewear; leisure clothes; (3) sports coat; sportswear

遣る

see styles
 yaru
    やる
(transitive verb) (1) (kana only) (colloquialism) to do; to undertake; to perform; to play (a game); to study; (2) (kana only) to send; to dispatch; to despatch; (3) (kana only) to put; to move; to turn (one's head, glance, etc.); (4) (kana only) to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status); to let have; to present; to bestow; to confer; (5) (kana only) to make (a vehicle) go faster; (6) (kana only) to run (a business); to keep; to be engaged in; to practice (law, medicine, etc.); to practise; (7) (kana only) to have (food, drink, etc.); to eat; to drink; to smoke; (8) (kana only) to hold (a performance); to perform; to show; (9) (kana only) to ease (one's mind); (10) (colloquialism) (kana only) to harm; to injure; to kill; (11) (kana only) (slang) to have sex with; (v5r,vi) (12) (kana only) to live; to get by; to get along; (suf,v5r) (13) (kana only) to do ... completely; (14) (kana only) to do ... broadly; to do ... to a great distance; (aux-v,v5r) (15) (kana only) to do ... for (someone of equal or lower status); to do ... to (sometimes with negative nuance); (16) (kana only) to make active efforts to ...

選情


选情

see styles
xuǎn qíng
    xuan3 qing2
hsüan ch`ing
    hsüan ching
the state of play in an election; the current state of a candidate's campaign

選角


选角

see styles
xuǎn jué
    xuan3 jue2
hsüan chüeh
to cast actors for a film, play etc

鄙劣

see styles
bǐ liè
    bi3 lie4
pi lieh
 hiretsu
    ひれつ
base; mean; despicable
(noun or adjectival noun) mean; foul play; cowardly; base

配役

see styles
 haiyaku
    はいやく
casting (of a play, film, etc.); cast

重殺

see styles
 juusatsu / jusatsu
    じゅうさつ
{baseb} (See ダブルプレー) double play

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

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This page contains 100 results for "Play" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

This dictionary uses the EDICT and CC-CEDICT dictionary files.
EDICT data is the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, and is used in conformance with the Group's license.

Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



Combined, these cover 1,007,753 Japanese, Chinese, and Buddhist characters, words, idioms, names, placenames, and short phrases.

Just because a word appears here does not mean it is appropriate for a tattoo, your business name, etc. Please consult a professional before doing anything stupid with this data.

We do offer Chinese and Japanese Tattoo Services. We'll also be happy to help you translate something for other purposes.

No warranty as to the correctness, potential vulgarity, or clarity is expressed or implied. We did not write any of these definitions (though we occasionally act as a contributor/editor to the CC-CEDICT project). You are using this dictionary for free, and you get what you pay for.

The following titles are just to help people who are searching for an Asian dictionary to find this page.

Japanese Kanji Dictionary

Free Asian Dictionary

Chinese Kanji Dictionary

Chinese Words Dictionary

Chinese Language Dictionary

Japanese Chinese Dictionary