shuǎ

HSK 7–9

耍 (shuǎ) is a Chinese word meaning “to play with; to wield; to act (cool etc)”.

Meanings

  1. 1to play with
  2. 2to wield
  3. 3to act (cool etc)
  4. 4to display (a skill, one's temper etc)
Part of speech
verb

Related words

耍surname Shua玩耍to play (as children do)杂耍a sideshow耍花招to play tricks on sb耍嘴皮子to talk glibly耍赖to act shamelessly耍弄to play with耍滑to resort to tricks戏耍to amuse oneself耍猴to get a monkey to perform tricks耍贫嘴(coll.) to wag one's tongue嬉耍to play

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