宛轉

See also: 宛转

Chinese

		similar; winding	to revolve; to turn; to circle about to revolve; to turn; to circle about; to walk about; to convey; to forward (mail); to transfer; to shift
trad. (宛轉)		宛	轉
simp. (宛转)		宛	转

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǎnzhuǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˇ ㄓㄨㄢˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǎnzhuǎn [Phonetic: wánzhuǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˇ ㄓㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǎnjhuǎn
    • Wade–Giles: wan³-chuan³
    • Yale: wǎn-jwǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woanjoan
    • Palladius: ваньчжуань (vanʹčžuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 婉轉 / 婉转 宛轉 / 宛转

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• Middle Chinese: 'jwonX trjwenX

Rime
Character	宛	轉
Reading #	2/2	1/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	知 (9)
Final (韻)	元 (66)	仙 (80)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	於阮切	陟兖切
Baxter	'jwonX	trjwenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔʉɐnX/	/ʈˠiuᴇnX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷiɐnX/	/ʈʷᵚiɛnX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuɐnX/	/ȶiuænX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔuanX/	/ʈwianX/
Li Rong	/ʔiuɐnX/	/ȶjuɛnX/
Wang Li	/ĭwɐnX/	/ȶĭwɛnX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔi̯wɐnX/	/ȶi̯wɛnX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yuǎn	zhuǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyun2	zyun2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ʔ]o[r]ʔ  tronʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qonʔ  tonʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	宛	轉
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wǎn	zhuǎn
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔjwonX ›	‹ trjwenX ›
Old Chinese	/*[ʔ]o[r]ʔ/	/*tronʔ/
English	curved; to bend	輾轉 toss and turn ((Ode 1.2, 145.3)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	宛	轉
Reading #	2/2	1/2
No.	16297	17674
Phonetic component	夗	專
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	婉	轉
Old Chinese	/*qonʔ/	/*tonʔ/

Adjective

宛轉

1. Alternative form of 婉轉 / 婉转 (wǎnzhuǎn, “tactful; agreeable”)

Verb

宛轉

1. (literary) Synonym of 輾轉 / 辗转 (“to toss and turn in bed”)