耍 — Chinese character
耍
shuǎ
to play, to frolic, to amuse
- Pinyin
- shuǎ
- Radical
- 126 ⽽ (And)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 而 女
- Formation
- ideographic — A woman 女 wearing a beard 而 for disguise
Common words with 耍
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 玩耍 | wán shuǎ | to play (as children do); to amuse oneself |
| 杂耍 (雜耍) | zá shuǎ | a sideshow; vaudeville |
| 耍赖 (耍賴) | shuǎ lài | to act shamelessly; to refuse to acknowledge that one has lost the game, or made a promise etc |
| 耍嘴皮子 | shuǎ zuǐ pí zi | to talk glibly; to talk big |
| 耍弄 | shuǎ nòng | to play with; to engage in |
| 耍猴 | shuǎ hóu | to get a monkey to perform tricks; to put on a monkey show |
| 戏耍 (戲耍) | xì shuǎ | to amuse oneself; to play with |
| 耍无赖 (耍無賴) | shuǎ wú lài | to act shamelessly; to behave in a way that leaves others tut-tutting and shaking their heads in disapproval |
| 耍脾气 (耍脾氣) | shuǎ pí qì | to go into a huff |
| 耍花招 | shuǎ huā zhāo | to play tricks on sb |
| 耍宝 (耍寶) | shuǎ bǎo | to show off; to put on a show to amuse others |
| 耍滑 | shuǎ huá | to resort to tricks; to act in a slippery way |
English words written with 耍
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.