拐彎

See also: 拐弯

Chinese

		kidnap; to turn	bend; bent
trad. (拐彎)		拐	彎
simp. (拐弯)		拐	弯

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guǎiwān

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄞˇ ㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaai² waan¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koái-oan

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guǎiwān
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄞˇ ㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guǎiwan
    • Wade–Giles: kuai³-wan¹
    • Yale: gwǎi-wān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goaiuan
    • Palladius: гуайвань (guajvanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯aɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ wän⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (拐彎兒／拐弯儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guǎiwānr
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄞˇ ㄨㄢㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guǎiwanr
    • Wade–Giles: kuai³-wan¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: gwǎi-wānr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goaiual
    • Palladius: гуайваньр (guajvanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯aɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ wɑɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwaai² waan¹
    • Yale: gwáai wāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwaai² waan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: guai² wan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaːi̯³⁵ waːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koái-oan
    • Tâi-lô: kuái-uan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koayoafn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kuai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ uan³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kuai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ uan⁴⁴/

Verb

拐彎

1. to turn; to change direction

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 拐彎 (“to turn; to change direction”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		拐彎, 轉彎
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	拐彎兒, 轉彎兒
	Taiwan	轉彎
	Singapore	轉彎
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	拐彎兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	倒拐
	Wuhan	轉彎
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	轉彎
Cantonese	Guangzhou	轉彎
	Hong Kong	轉彎
Gan	Nanchang	轉彎
Hakka	Meixian	轉角
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	轉彎
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	轉彎
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	轉彎
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	轉彎
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	轉彎
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	轉彎
Jin	Xinzhou	拐彎子
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	轉彎
Southern Min	Xiamen	斡彎, 轉斡
	Quanzhou	斡彎
	Zhangzhou	斡彎, 轉斡
	Tainan	轉斡
	Chaozhou	斡彎
	Shantou	轉彎, 斡彎
	Jieyang	斡彎
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	轉彎
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	轉彎
	Wenzhou	轉匯

Noun

拐彎

1. turn (change of direction)

Derived terms

• 拐彎抹角／拐弯抹角 (guǎiwānmòjiǎo)