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玩偶

wán ǒu · wan ou

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Meaning

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  1. toy figurine
  2. action figure
  3. stuffed animal
  4. doll
  5. (fig.) sb's plaything
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The expensive prize

  1. Liangliang

    你看(nǐkàn)，我(wǒ)在(zài)夜市(yèshì)抓到(zhuādào)一个(yīgè)玩偶(wánǒu)！

    Look, I caught a toy at the night market!

  2. Dengdeng

    哇(wa)，这个(zhège)玩偶(wánǒu)好(hǎo)可爱(kěài)！花(huā)了(le)多少(duōshao)钱(qián)？

    Wow, this toy is so cute! How much did it cost?

  3. Liangliang

    抓(zhuā)了(le)三十次(sānshícì)，一共(yīgòng)花(huā)了(le)两百(liǎngbǎi)块(kuài)。

    I tried thirty times and spent two hundred yuan in total.

  4. Dengdeng

    网上(wǎngshàng)买(mǎi)一个(yīgè)才(cái)四十(sìshí)块(kuài)啊(a)。

    You can buy one online for only forty yuan.

  5. Liangliang

    可是(kěshì)抓(zhuā)的时候(deshíhou)很(hěn)开心(kāixīn)啊(a)！

    But it was so much fun while grabbing!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

小(xiǎo)女(nǚ)孩(hái)抱(bào)着(zhe)玩(wán)偶(ǒu)睡(shuì)着(zháo)了(le)。

The little girl fell asleep holding her doll.

02

这(zhè)个(ge)玩(wán)偶(ǒu)是(shì)手(shǒu)工(gōng)做(zuò)的(de)，很(hěn)特(tè)别(bié)。

This doll is handmade and very special.

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