玩失踪

玩失蹤

wánshīzōng

phrase

Meanings

1 to disappear on purpose
2 to ghost someone
3 to play hide-and-seek (in a relationship sense)

Characters

to play / to do as a stunt

Examples

他最近总是玩失踪，谁也找不到他。

Tā zuìjìn zǒngshì wánshīzōng, shuí yě zhǎo bú dào tā.

Lately he keeps pulling vanishing acts — nobody can find him.

你别再跟我玩失踪了！

Nǐ bié zài gēn wǒ wánshīzōng le!

Stop ghosting me!

Tips

register

Colloquial/internet usage. 玩 (wán, 'to play') here means to do something deliberately as a stunt — same construction as 玩游戏 (play games) or 玩消失 (a synonym, 'play disappearing'). Common in dating-and-friendship complaints.

Stroke Order

玩 wán

失 shī

踪 zōng