周而復始

Chinese

		encircle; circuit; complete encircle; circuit; complete; lap; week; cycle; all; every; attentive; thoughtful	and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)	again; recover; reply to a letter again; recover; reply to a letter; to repeat; to duplicate	begin
trad. (周而復始/週而復始)		周/週	而	復	始
simp. (周而复始)		周	而	复	始

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhōu'érfùshǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄡ ㄦˊ ㄈㄨˋ ㄕˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zau¹ ji⁴ fuk⁶ ci²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhōu'érfùshǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄡ ㄦˊ ㄈㄨˋ ㄕˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhou-érfùshǐh
    • Wade–Giles: chou¹-êrh²-fu⁴-shih³
    • Yale: jōu-ér-fù-shř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jouerlfuhshyy
    • Palladius: чжоуэрфуши (čžouerfuši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ fu⁵¹ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zau¹ ji⁴ fuk⁶ ci²
    • Yale: jāu yìh fuhk chí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzau¹ ji⁴ fuk⁹ tsi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zeo¹ yi⁴ fug⁶ qi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵ jiː²¹ fʊk̚² t͡sʰiː³⁵/

Idiom

周而復始

1. to repeat in cycles continuously