彎彎

See also: 弯弯

Chinese

		bend; bent	bend; bent
trad. (彎彎)		彎	彎
simp. (弯弯)		弯	弯

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wānwān

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢ ㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waan¹ waan¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vân-vân
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): oan-oan

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wānwān
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢ ㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wanwan
    • Wade–Giles: wan¹-wan¹
    • Yale: wān-wān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uanuan
    • Palladius: ваньвань (vanʹvanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän⁵⁵ wän⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waan¹ waan¹
    • Yale: wāan wāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waan¹ waan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wan¹ wan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːn⁵⁵ waːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vân-vân
    • Hakka Romanization System: van´ van´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: van¹ van¹
    • Sinological IPA: /van²⁴⁻¹¹ van²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oan-oan
    • Tâi-lô: uan-uan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oan'oafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /uan⁴⁴⁻²² uan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /uan³³ uan³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /uan⁴⁴⁻²² uan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /uan⁴⁴⁻³³ uan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /uan⁴⁴⁻³³ uan⁴⁴/

Adjective

彎彎

1. Reduplicative diminutiveof 彎／弯 (wān, “bent; curved”).

   月牙彎彎／月牙弯弯  ―  yuèyá wānwān  ―  thin crescent moon

Proper noun

彎彎

1. (slang, neologism, Mainland China, sometimes derogatory) Alternative form of 灣灣／湾湾 (Wānwān, “Taiwan”)

Noun

彎彎

1. (Wuhan Mandarin, anatomy) popliteal space

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 膕窩 (“popliteal space”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		膕窩
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	胯彎, 彎彎
Hakka	Meixian	腳坳
	Yudu	腳彎, 膝頭彎
Huizhou	Jixi	腳膝腕
Jin	Taiyuan	圪膝彎子
Wu	Wenzhou	腳彎軋