繞彎子

Chinese

		go around; to wind (around)	bend, turn, curve
trad. (繞彎子)		繞	彎子
simp. (绕弯子)		绕	弯子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rào wānzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄠˋ ㄨㄢ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu⁵ waan¹ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rào wānzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄠˋ ㄨㄢ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rào wanzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: jao⁴ wan¹-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: ràu wān-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: raw uan.tzy
    • Palladius: жао ваньцзы (žao vanʹczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐɑʊ̯⁵¹ wän⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jiu⁵ waan¹ zi²
    • Yale: yíuh wāan jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jiu⁵ waan¹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yiu⁵ wan¹ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯¹³ waːn⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

Verb

繞彎子

1. to go the long way round; to detour
2. (figurative) to speak in a roundabout way; to beat about the bush; to hum and haw