白鴿轉

Chinese

		white pigeon	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. (白鴿轉)		白鴿	轉
simp. (白鸽转)		白鸽	转

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ gaap³ zyun³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ gaap³ zyun³
    • Yale: baahk gaap jyun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ gaap⁸ dzyn³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ gab³ jun³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² kaːp̚³ t͡syːn³³/

Noun

白鴿轉

1. (Cantonese) a situation where a vehicle loses grip and starts to spin due to skidding (Classifier: 個／个 c)
2. (Cantonese) brief visit to certain place (Classifier: 個／个 c)

   我去打個白鴿轉就返嚟。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   我去打个白鸽转就返嚟。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   ngo⁵ heoi³ daa² go³ baak⁶ gap³ zyun³ zau⁶ faan¹ lai⁴ . [Jyutping]

   I'm leaving for a short time, and then I'll be back.