打圈圈

Chinese

		beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen	circles; to draw a circle
trad. (打圈圈)		打	圈圈
simp. #(打圈圈)		打	圈圈

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǎquānquān

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˇ ㄑㄩㄢ ㄑㄩㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daa² hyun¹ hyun¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎquānquān
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄑㄩㄢ ㄑㄩㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎcyuancyuan
    • Wade–Giles: ta³-chʻüan¹-chʻüan¹
    • Yale: dǎ-chywān-chywān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daachiuanchiuan
    • Palladius: дацюаньцюань (dacjuanʹcjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daa² hyun¹ hyun¹
    • Yale: dá hyūn hyūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daa² hyn¹ hyn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: da² hün¹ hün¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taː³⁵ hyːn⁵⁵ hyːn⁵⁵/

Verb

打圈圈

1. to circle
2. speak in a roundabout way; to beat around the bush

Synonyms

• 打圈子 (dǎquānzi)
• (Hokkien) 拍箍, 拍環／拍环, 拍踅