漩渦

See also: 漩涡

Chinese

		eddy	eddy; whirlpool; name of a river
trad. (漩渦)		漩	渦
simp. (漩涡)		漩	涡
alternative forms		旋渦／旋涡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuánwō

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄨㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syun⁴ wo¹
• Gan (Wiktionary): xyon⁵ uo¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): soân-o

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuánwō
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuánwo
    • Wade–Giles: hsüan²-wo¹
    • Yale: sywán-wō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyuanuo
    • Palladius: сюаньво (sjuanʹvo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn³⁵ wɔ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuánwōr
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄨㄛㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuánwor
    • Wade–Giles: hsüan²-wo¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: sywán-wōr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyuanuol
    • Palladius: сюаньвор (sjuanʹvor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn³⁵ wɔɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syun⁴ wo¹
    • Yale: syùhn wō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syn⁴ wo¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xun⁴ wo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːn²¹ wɔː⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: xyon⁵ uo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyɵn¹¹ uo⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soân-o
    • Tâi-lô: suân-o
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soan'oy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /suan²⁴⁻²² o⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /suan²⁴⁻²² o³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /suan¹³⁻²² o⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /suan²⁴⁻¹¹ o⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /suan²³⁻³³ ɤ⁴⁴/

Noun

漩渦

1. swirl; whirlpool (whirling eddy)
2. (figurative) difficult situation; maelstrom; whirlpool

   • 跛入去黑色的漩渦 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     跛入去黑色的漩涡 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2011, 蕭煌奇 (Ricky Hsiao), 你置佗 (“Where are you?”)

     poa̍h li̍p-khì o͘-sek ê soân-o [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     fall into a black whirlpool

Synonyms

• (swirl): (Northern Min) 漩水; (Hokkien) 倒絞水／倒绞水; (Xiang) 旋窩子／旋窝子

Derived terms

• 捲入漩渦 / 卷入漩涡
• 漩渦星雲 / 漩涡星云