怪圈

Chinese

		queer; to blame	circle; ring; loop circle; ring; loop; to confine; enclose; pen (pig); a fold
trad. (怪圈)		怪	圈
simp. #(怪圈)		怪	圈
Literally: “strange circle”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guàiquān

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄞˋ ㄑㄩㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaai³ hyun¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guàiquān
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄞˋ ㄑㄩㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guàicyuan
    • Wade–Giles: kuai⁴-chʻüan¹
    • Yale: gwài-chywān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guaychiuan
    • Palladius: гуайцюань (guajcjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guàiquānr
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄞˋ ㄑㄩㄢㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guàicyuanr
    • Wade–Giles: kuai⁴-chʻüan¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: gwài-chywānr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guaychiual
    • Palladius: гуайцюаньр (guajcjuanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕʰy̯ɑɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwaai³ hyun¹
    • Yale: gwaai hyūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwaai³ hyn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: guai³ hün¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaːi̯³³ hyːn⁵⁵/

Noun

怪圈

1. (figurative) vicious cycle which is difficult to break