耍 shuǎ
shuǎ
verb
to frolic /to play; to amuse; to play with
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Unihan '耍')
Contained in
- 耍小聪明(耍小聰明) to get smart; to resort to petty tricks
- 耍嘴皮 to show off with clever talk; big-headed; a smart-ass
- 耍花招 to play a trick
- 耍狮子(耍獅子) to perform a lion dance
- 耍弄 to play with; to engage in; to resort to; to dally with
- 耍嘴皮子 to talk glibly; to boast; to pay lip service
- 耍无赖(耍無賴) to act shamelessly; to behave in a way that leaves others tut-tutting and shaking their heads in disapproval
- 耍滑 to resort to tricks; to act in a slippery way; to try to evade (work, responsibility)
- 耍废(耍廢) to pass time idly; to chill; to hang out
- 耍坛子(耍罈子) to perform a jar juggling and balancing act
- 耍手腕 to play tricks; to maneuver
- 玩耍 to play
- 耍私情 the play of passions; carried away by passion (e.g. to commit a crime)
- 耍子 to play; to have fun
- 嬉耍 to play
- 耍贫嘴(耍貧嘴) to wag one's tongue; to indulge in idle gossip and silly jokes; to chatter endlessly
- 耍得团团转(耍得團團轉) to fool; to dupe
- 耍脾气(耍脾氣) to go into a huff
- 关公面前耍大刀(關公面前耍大刀) to wield the broadsword in the presence of Lord Guan
- 耍泼(耍潑) to make an unreasonable scene
- 杂耍(雜耍) a sideshow; vaudeville
- 戏耍(戲耍) to amuse oneself; to play with; to tease
- 耍赖(耍賴) to act shamelessly; to refuse to acknowledge that one has lost the game, or made a promise etc; to act dumb; to act as if something never happened
- 耍钱(耍錢) to gamble
- 耍猴 to get a monkey to perform tricks; to put on a monkey show; to make fun of; to tease
- 耍宝(耍寶) to show off; to put on a show to amuse others
- 耍花样(耍花樣) to play tricks on
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 第五十一回 Chapter 51 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 9
- 第二十一回 Chapter 21 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 8
- 第八十二回 Chapter 82 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 8
- 第五十三回 Chapter 53 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 7
- 第三回 Chapter 3 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 7
- 卷三十一 志第七 曆一 Volume 31 Treatises 7: Calendar 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 6
- 第二十二回 Chapter 22 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 6
- 第六十八回 Chapter 68 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 5
- 第八十八回 Chapter 88 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 5
- 第四十七回 Chapter 47 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 4
Collocations
- 耍耍 (耍耍) 明日小小地耍耍他便了 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第五十三回 Chapter 53 — count: 50
- 顽耍 (頑耍) 相撲頑耍 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第二回 Chapter 2 — count: 44
- 耍处 (耍處) 不是耍處 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第二回 Chapter 2 — count: 12
- 作耍 (作耍) 你真個也是作耍 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第四回 Chapter 4 — count: 11
- 耍儿 (耍兒) 等老孫和他耍耍兒來 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第二十二回 Chapter 22 — count: 5
- 说耍 (說耍) 我自和嫂子說耍 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第十七回 Chapter 17 — count: 4
- 儿耍 (兒耍) 說些風話兒耍 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第二十一回 Chapter 21 — count: 4
- 来耍 (來耍) 還拿出來耍耍 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第三回 Chapter 3 — count: 4
- 耍去 (耍去) 你可自行去抱他耍去 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第五十一回 Chapter 51 — count: 4
- 去耍 (去耍) 你和他去耍一回了來 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第五十一回 Chapter 51 — count: 4