玩牌

wánpái
  1. to play cards
  2. to play mahjong

CEDICT

Examples

他们玩牌来杀时间。

They killed time playing cards.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

=1 玩 wán
  1. to play
  2. to have fun
  3. to trifle with
  4. toy
  5. sth used for amusement
  6. curio or antique (Taiwan pr. wàn)
  7. to keep sth for entertainment
=1 玩 wán
  1. variant of 玩 wán
  2. Taiwan pr. wàn
2 牌 pái (bound form) fixed pattern for lyrics or set melody in classical poetry or music (used in 词牌 cípái and 曲牌 qǔpái)

classifiers: 塊, 個, 張

Related entries

打扑克 dǎpūkè
  1. to play cards
  2. to play poker
搓麻将 cuōmájiàng to play mahjong
摸八圈 mōbāquān to play mahjong
砌长城 qì Chángchéng (coll.) to play mahjong
码长城 mǎ Chángchéng (coll.) to play mahjong
搬砖 bānzhuān
  1. to do hard physical labor (as a job)
  2. (fig.) to play mahjong
摸牌 mōpái
  1. to draw a tile (at mahjong)
  2. to play mahjong