漩渦

See also: 漩涡

Chinese

		eddy	eddy; whirlpool; name of a river
trad. (漩渦)		漩	渦
simp. (漩涡)		漩	涡
variant forms		旋渦／旋涡

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xuánwō

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄨㄛ
Cantonese (Jyutping): syun⁴ wo¹
Min Nan (POJ): soân-o

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xuánwō
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄨㄛ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyuanuo
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn³⁵ u̯ɔ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: xuánwōr
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄨㄛㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyuanuol
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn³⁵ wɔɻ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: syun⁴ wo¹
  - Yale: syùhn wō
  - Cantonese Pinyin: syn⁴ wo¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xun⁴ wo¹
  - IPA ^(key): /ʃyːn²¹ wɔː⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soân-o
  - Tâi-lô: suân-o
  - Phofsit Daibuun: soan'oy
  - IPA (Xiamen): /suan²⁴⁻²² o⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /suan²⁴⁻²² o³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /suan¹³⁻²² o⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /suan²⁴⁻¹¹ o⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /suan²³⁻³³ ɤ⁴⁴/

Noun

漩渦

swirl; whirlpool (whirling eddy)
(figuratively) difficult situation; maelstrom; whirlpool
跛入去黑色的漩渦 [Taiwanese, trad.]
跛入去黑色的漩涡 [Taiwanese, simp.]
From: 2011, 蕭煌奇 (Ricky Hsiao), 你置佗 (“Where are you?”)
poa̍h li̍p-khì o͘-sek ê soân-o [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
fall into a black whirlpool

Synonyms

(swirl): (Min Nan) 倒絞水／倒绞水

Derived terms

捲入漩渦／卷入漩涡

漩渦星雲／漩涡星云

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