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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: rào wānzi
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄠˋ ㄨㄢ ˙ㄗ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: raw uan.tzy
  - IPA ^(key): /ʐɑʊ̯⁵¹ u̯än⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jiu⁵ waan¹ zi²
  - Yale: yíuh wāan jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jiu⁵ waan¹ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yiu⁵ wan¹ ji²
  - IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯¹³ wäːn⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

Verb

繞彎子

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

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