盤桓
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Chinese[edit]
dish; tray; to build dish; tray; to build; to check; to examine; to transfer; (a measure word used for dishes of food or coils of wire); to coil |
surname; Sapindus mukurosi | ||
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trad. (盤桓) | 盤 | 桓 | |
simp. (盘桓) | 盘 | 桓 | |
alternative forms | 槃桓 磐桓 |
Etymology[edit]
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Pronunciation[edit]
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄆㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄢˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: pánhuán
- Wade–Giles: pʻan2-huan2
- Yale: pán-hwán
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: parnhwan
- Palladius: паньхуань (panʹxuanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰän³⁵ xu̯än³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: pun4 wun4
- Yale: pùhn wùhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: pun4 wun4
- Guangdong Romanization: pun4 wun4
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰuːn²¹ wuːn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Middle Chinese: ban hwan
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*[b]ˤan [ɢ]ʷˤar/
- (Zhengzhang): /*baːn ɡʷaːn/
Verb[edit]
盤桓
- to walk back and forth; to roam around
- to spiral around; to circle around
- to stay; to stop over
- (figurative) to hesitate; to be indecisive
Synonyms[edit]
- (to pace back and forth):
- (to stay):
- (to hesitate):
Adjective[edit]
盤桓