閒盪

Chinese

		idle; interstice; separate	agitate; swing; sway
trad. (閒盪/閒蕩)		閒	盪/蕩
simp. (闲荡)		闲	荡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiándàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄉㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haan⁴ dong⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiándàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄉㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siándàng
    • Wade–Giles: hsien²-tang⁴
    • Yale: syán-dàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyandanq
    • Palladius: сяньдан (sjanʹdan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ tɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haan⁴ dong⁶
    • Yale: hàahn dohng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haan⁴ dong⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: han⁴ dong⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːn²¹ tɔːŋ²²/

Verb

閒盪

1. to saunter; to stroll around; to hang around

   這孩子無所事事，只是在街頭閒盪。 [MSC, trad.]
   这孩子无所事事，只是在街头闲荡。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè háizi wúsuǒshìshì, zhǐshì zài jiētóu xiándàng. [Pinyin]

   The kid has nothing to do but hang around the street corners.

Synonyms

• 信步 (xìnbù)
• 攏趖／拢趖 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 散步 (sànbù)
• 溜達／溜达 (colloquial)
• 漫步 (mànbù)
• 罔趖 (Hokkien)
• 蕩／荡 (dàng) (literary, or in compounds)
• 走走 (zǒuzǒu)
• 轉轉／转转 (zhuànzhuàn) (colloquial)
• 閒逛／闲逛 (xiánguàng)