繞彎子
Chinese
go around; to wind (around) | bend, turn, curve | ||
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trad. (繞彎子) | 繞 | 彎子 | |
simp. (绕弯子) | 绕 | 弯子 |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- 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/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- 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/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
繞彎子
- to go the long way round; to detour
- (figurative) to speak in a roundabout way; to beat about the bush; to hum and haw