圓揼朵

Chinese

		circle; round; circular circle; round; circular; spherical; (of the moon) full; unit of Chinese currency (Yuan); tactful; to justify	phonetic	phonetic
trad. (圓揼朵)		圓	揼	朵
simp. (圆揼朵)		圆	揼	朵
alternative forms		圓揼哚／圆揼哚 圓揼𡇙／圆揼𡇙 圓榃陀／圆榃陀 圓dum dur／圆dum dur 圓dum the／圆dum the

Etymology

Related to 圓揼揼 / 圆揼揼 (jyun⁴ dam⁴ dam⁴).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ dam⁴ doe⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun⁴ dam⁴ doe⁴
    • Yale: yùhn dàhm dèuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ dam⁴ doe⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ dem⁴ dê⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ tɐm²¹ tœː²¹/

Adjective

圓揼朵

1. (Cantonese, ideophonic) very round
   • 2021, 李凱棓 [Li Hoi Pui Jasmine], quoting 曹志雄, From “Cantonese” Exportware to “Hong Kong-style” Ingenuity: Examining Hong Kong-style Canton Porcelain as an ICH for Hong Kong under Craftsmanship and its Future for Inheritance‎^[1], Hong Kong: The University of Hong Kong, page 73:

     你可以睇返呢啲畫稿，我哋啲線條係好靚嘅，呢啲圓揼朵我哋啲師傅都畫得一絲不苟。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     你可以睇返呢啲画稿，我哋啲线条系好靓嘅，呢啲圆揼朵我哋啲师傅都画得一丝不苟。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     nei⁵ ho² ji⁵ tai² faan¹ ni¹ di¹ waa^6-2 gou², ngo⁵ dei⁶ di¹ sin³ tiu⁴ hai⁶ hou² leng³ ge³, ni¹ di¹ jyun⁴ dam⁴ doe⁴ ngo⁵ dei⁶ di¹ si¹ fu^6-2 dou¹ waak⁶ dak¹ jat¹ si¹ bat¹ gau². [Jyutping]

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Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 圓溜溜 (“(expressive) round”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		圓溜溜, 圓滾滾
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	圓滾滾
Cantonese	Guangzhou	圓揼朵, 圓揼揼, 圓軲轆
	Hong Kong	圓揼朵, 圓揼揼, 圓轆轆, 圓軲轆
	Taishan	圓轆轆, 圓軲轆, 圓至轆
	Dongguan	圓轆轆
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	圓滾滾仔, 圓羅羅仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	圓滾滾仔, 圓滾滾, 圓羅羅仔, 圓羅羅
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	圓滾滾, 圓羅羅
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	圓滾滾, 圓捆捆
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	圓羅羅
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	圓滾滾
Jin	Taiyuan	圓溜溜
Southern Min	Xiamen	圓捙捙, 圓棍棍, 圓翱翱, 圓輾輾, 圓軲轆膏, 圓滑律術
	Quanzhou	圓軲藍屈
	Yongchun	圓輪輪
	Zhangzhou	圓捙捙, 圓棍棍, 圓軲轆膏, 圓膏轆膏
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	圓輪輪
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	圓輾輾
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	圓輪輪
	Yilan (Luodong)	圓輾輾
	Yilan (Toucheng)	圓輾輾
	Tainan	圓捙捙, 圓輾輾, 圓翱囉趖
	Tainan (Anping)	圓輪輪
	Penghu (Xiyu)	圓輪輪