小玩意

xiǎowányì

noun

Measure Word

一个小玩意 gè

Meanings

1 small toy / trinket
2 gadget / widget
3 minor thing of little importance

Characters

Examples

他口袋里总装着各种小玩意。

Tā kǒudài lǐ zǒng zhuāngzhe gèzhǒng xiǎowányì.

His pockets are always full of all kinds of little gadgets.

这只是个小玩意，不值什么钱。

Zhè zhǐshì gè xiǎowányì, bù zhí shénme qián.

It's just a trinket, not worth much.

Tips

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Colloquial. Often slightly dismissive — 'just a little thing'. The common spoken variant 小玩意儿 (xiǎowányìr) adds the Beijing -er suffix and is even more casual.

Stroke Order

小 xiǎo

玩 wán

意 yì