周折

Chinese

		encircle; circuit; complete encircle; circuit; complete; lap; week; cycle; all; every; attentive; thoughtful	tenth (in price); to break; to fold tenth (in price); to break; to fold; to turn; broken (as of rope, stick)
trad. (周折)		周	折
simp. #(周折)		周	折

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhōuzhé

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄡ ㄓㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zau¹ zit³

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiu-chiat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhōuzhé
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄡ ㄓㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhoujhé
    • Wade–Giles: chou¹-chê²
    • Yale: jōu-jé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: joujer
    • Palladius: чжоучжэ (čžoučžɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zau¹ zit³
    • Yale: jāu jit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzau¹ dzit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: zeo¹ jid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵ t͡siːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiu-chiat
    • Tâi-lô: tsiu-tsiat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciuciad
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siu⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siu³³ t͡siɛt̚⁵/

Noun

周折

1. setback; complication; twists and turns

Synonyms

• (literary) 周章 (zhōuzhāng)