to go out / to come out / to occur / to produce / to go beyond / to rise / to put forth / to happen / classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc

to circle / to go back / to turn around / to answer / to return / to revolve / Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims) / time / classifier for acts of a play / section or chapter (of a classic book)

game / CL: 場｜场 / to play

adornment / to adorn / dress / clothing / costume (of an actor in a play) / to play a role / to pretend / to install / to fix / to wrap (sth in a bag) / to load / to pack

to beat / to strike / to hit / to break / to type / to mix up / to build / to fight / to fetch / to make / to tie up / to issue / to shoot / to calculate / to play (a game) / since / from

thin piece / flake / a slice / film / TV play / to slice / to carve thin / partial / incomplete / one-sided / classifier for slices, tablets, tract of land, area of water / classifier for CDs, movies, DVDs etc / used with numeral 一: classifier for scenario, scene, feeling, atmosphere, sound etc

toy / sth used for amusement / curio or antique (Taiwan pr. [wan4]) / to play / to have fun / to trifle with / to keep sth for entertainment

to pull / to play (a bowed instrument) / to drag / to draw / to chat

decoration / ornament / to decorate / to adorn / to hide / to conceal (a fault) / excuse (to hide a fault) / to play a role (in opera) / to impersonate

to pluck (a string) / to play (a string instrument) / to spring or leap / to shoot (e.g. with a catapult) / (of cotton) to fluff or tease / to flick / to flip / to accuse / to impeach / elastic (of materials)

to play the role of / to act

to play around / to disport oneself

to play with / to wield / to act (cool etc) / to display (a skill, one's temper etc)

to disguise oneself as / to dress up / to play (a role) / to put on (an expression)

to do / to manage / to handle / to play with / to fool with / to mess with / to fix / to toy with

to act on / to affect / action / function / activity / impact / result / effect / purpose / intent / to play a role / corresponds to English -ity, -ism, -ization / CL: 個｜个

play / show / performance / exhibition / to perform / to act / to demonstrate / CL: 場｜场

to blow / to play a wind instrument / to blast / to puff / to boast / to brag / to end in failure / to fall through

to appear (on stage, in a show, in a photo etc) / to play (for a team) / to enter (arena or stage) / to send sb out (e.g. off the field for a foul)

to grasp / to hold / to operate / to manage / to control / to steer / to exercise / to drill (practice) / to play / to speak (a language)

to play a musical instrument / to perform music

to kick / to play (e.g. soccer)

to stay / to stop / to pause (while reading) / to tease (play with)

to water down / to play down / to trivialize / to weaken / to become dull with time / to desalinate / desalination

to write a play / scenario / dramatist / screenwriter

to dramatize historical events / novel or play on historical theme

to play (a card) / to make a move in a game

to play tricks on or toy with / delicate / exquisite (Cantonese)

(to play) one's part / one's role / one's duty / (to stay within) one's bounds

to toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly) / to repeat sth over and over again / to torment sb / to play crazy

to enjoy oneself / an entertainment / to play (of children)

to put on a play / to perform / fig. to pretend / to feign

to serve as / to act as / to play the role of

to direct (a film, play etc)

to play chess

to transfer / to maneuver (troops etc) / to mobilize / to bring into play

to play or strum a lute or other stringed instrument

to pick up girls / to play around with girls / to chase after girls

to watch a play / to watch passively (i.e. from the sidelines, from the crowd)

to play with / to toy with / to dally with / to engage in / to resort to

to play with fire

to play cards / to play mahjong

mischievous / obstinate / to play / stupid / stubborn / naughty

to play (wind instruments)

to turn around in one's hands / to play with / to fiddle with

to play tricks on / to make fun of / to tease

to sing and play (plucked string instrument)

suspended animation / feigned death / to play dead

a foot's move sways the balance (idiom); to hold the balance of power / to play the decisive role

to play / to have fun / to hang out

to make mischief / to play tricks in secret

to belittle / to disparage / to play down / to demean / to degrade / to devalue

to play hide-and-seek

to play the xiao 箫 (mouth organ) / to beg while playing pipes; cf politician Wu Zixu 伍子胥, c. 520 BC destitute refugee in Wu town, 吳市吹簫｜吴市吹箫 / to busk / virtuoso piper wins a beauty, cf 玉人吹箫 / fellatio (oral sex) / a blowjob

to act in a play / to put on a play

to step down gracefully (humble expression) / to concede defeat / to play second fiddle

to play golf

to play dirty tricks / to be up to mischief

to follow the rules / to do as instructed / to play by the book / to comply with a request

to play truant / to cut classes

to play a small role

to play with lips (idiom); to talk glibly / to boast / to pay lip service

to play golf

to play truant / to cut classes

to play marbles

to amuse oneself / to play with / to tease

to play with / to engage in / to resort to / to dally with

lit. find a stage, put on a comedy (idiom); to join in the fun / to play along according to local conditions

to perform music / to play a tune

to consume / to exhaust / to play

lit. to play the yu 竽 mouth organ to make up numbers (idiom); fig. to make up the numbers with inferior products / to masquerade as having an ability / token member of a group

to perform a play

to act stupid / to play dumb / to pretend to not know

to play the zither / classical variant of 彈琴｜弹琴

art of politics / political tricks (often derog.) / power play / to play at politics / underhand trickery

lit. to sing a duet / fig. to collaborate with sb / also used satirically: to play second fiddle to

to be foolish / to play dumb / to gaze absentmindedly

to draw a tile (at mahjong) / to play mahjong

to play cards / to play poker

to play tricks / to cheat / to get up to mischief / to become a ghost / to give up the ghost

to play house

see the opportunity and act (idiom); to act according to circumstances / to play it by ear / to use one's discretion

to play tricks / to cause mischief

to play with stacking blocks

to act in a supporting role / fig. to play second fiddle

to play go, chess etc

to play tricks on sb

to play the same old tune (idiom); unoriginal

lit. dress up as God, play the devil (idiom); fig. to mystify / to deceive people / to scam

to fiddle with / to play and move sth about / to show off (what one can do) / to parade (one's capabilities) / to cause trouble

lit. to play the lute to a cow (idiom) / fig. offering a treat to an unappreciative audience / to cast pearls before swine / caviar to the general / to preach to deaf ears / to talk over sb's head

to gesticulate / to play antics

pretense that turns into reality (idiom); to play at make-believe, but accidentally make it true

to display one's remarkable skill or prowess / to give full play to one's brilliant abilities

hopscotch / to play hopscotch

to play chess

hard to play (of music for stringed instrument)

to play with fire and get burnt (idiom); fig. to play with evil and suffer the consequences / to get one's fingers burnt

to play tricks

to play tricks on sb