Chinese symbol for “toy”
玩意
wán yì
toy; plaything; thing; act
The closest CC-CEDICT match for toy is 玩意 (wán yì), defined as: toy; plaything; thing; act; trick (in a performance, stage show, acrobatics etc).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “toy”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 玩意.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 玩家 | wán jiā | player (of a game); enthusiast (audio, model planes etc) |
| 玩具 | wán jù | plaything; toy |
| 开玩笑 (開玩笑) | kāi wán xiào | to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke |
| 好玩 | hǎo wán | amusing; fun |
| 玩笑 | wán xiào | to joke; joke |
| 注意 | zhù yì | to take note of; to pay attention to |
| 意见 (意見) | yì jiàn | idea; opinion |
| 意思 | yì si | idea; opinion |
See also: Japanese symbol for “toy”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.