渦旋

Chinese

		eddy; whirlpool; name of a river	lathe; specially for an occasion; revolve
trad. (渦旋)		渦	旋
simp. (涡旋)		涡	旋
anagram		旋渦／旋涡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wōxuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄛ ㄒㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wo¹ syun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wōxuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄛ ㄒㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wosyuán
    • Wade–Giles: wo¹-hsüan²
    • Yale: wō-sywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uoshyuan
    • Palladius: восюань (vosjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔ⁵⁵ ɕy̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wo¹ syun⁴
    • Yale: wō syùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wo¹ syn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wo¹ xun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔː⁵⁵ syːn²¹/

Noun

渦旋

1. (physics, meteorology) vortex

   大氣渦旋／大气涡旋  ―  dàqì wōxuán  ―  atmospheric vortex

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (渦旋):

• → Korean: 와선(渦旋) (waseon)