救生圈

Chinese

		to save a life	circle; ring; loop circle; ring; loop; to confine; enclose; pen (pig); a fold
trad. (救生圈)		救生	圈
simp. #(救生圈)		救生	圈

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiùshēngquān

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄕㄥ ㄑㄩㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gau³ sang¹ hyun¹ / gau³ saang¹ hyun¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): kiu-sên-khiên / kiu-sên-khiân

  (Meixian, Guangdong): giu⁴ sang¹ kian¹

• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): giu³ sên¹ kuêng¹ / giu³ sên¹ kuang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiùshēngquān
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄕㄥ ㄑㄩㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiòushengcyuan
    • Wade–Giles: chiu⁴-shêng¹-chʻüan¹
    • Yale: jyòu-shēng-chywān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiowshengchiuan
    • Palladius: цзюшэнцюань (czjušɛncjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gau³ sang¹ hyun¹ / gau³ saang¹ hyun¹
    • Yale: gau sāng hyūn / gau sāang hyūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gau³ sang¹ hyn¹ / gau³ saang¹ hyn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: geo³ seng¹ hün¹ / geo³ sang¹ hün¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³³ sɐŋ⁵⁵ hyːn⁵⁵/, /kɐu̯³³ saːŋ⁵⁵ hyːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiu-sên-khiên
    • Hakka Romanization System: giu sen^ˊ kien^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: giu⁴ sen¹ kian¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯u⁵⁵ sen²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰi̯en²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiu-sên-khiân
    • Hakka Romanization System: giu sen^ˊ kian^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: giu⁴ sen¹ kian¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯u⁵⁵ sen²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰi̯an²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: giu⁴ sang¹ kian¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kiu⁵³ saŋ⁴⁴ kʰian⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: giu³ sên¹ kuêng¹ / giu³ sên¹ kuang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kiù seⁿ khueng / kiù seⁿ khuang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiu²¹³⁻⁵⁵ sẽ³³⁻²³ kʰueŋ³³/, /kiu²¹³⁻⁵⁵ sẽ³³⁻²³ kʰuaŋ³³/

Note: giu3 sên1 kuang1 - Shantou.

Noun

救生圈

救生圈

1. life-buoy; life preserver
2. (slang) fat around one's midsection; spare tire

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 救生圈 (“life buoy; life ring”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		救生圈
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	救生圈
Cantonese	Guangzhou	水泡, 救命圈, 救生圈
	Hong Kong	水泡
	Taishan	水泡
	Dongguan	水泡
Hakka	Meixian	救生圈
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	救生圈
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	救生圈
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	救生圈
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	救生圈
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	救生圈
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	救生圈
Southern Min	Shantou	救生圈

See also

• 救生衣 (jiùshēngyī)