繞彎子

Chinese

		go around; to wind (around)	bend, turn, curve
trad. (繞彎子)		繞	彎子
simp. (绕弯子)		绕	弯子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rào wānzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄠˋ ㄨㄢ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu⁵ waan¹ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rào wānzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄠˋ ㄨㄢ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rào wanzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: jao⁴ wan¹-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: ràu wān-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: raw uan.tzy
    • Palladius: жао ваньцзы (žao vanʹczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐɑʊ̯⁵¹ wän⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jiu⁵ waan¹ zi²
    • Yale: yíuh wāan jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jiu⁵ waan¹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yiu⁵ wan¹ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯¹³ waːn⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

Verb

繞彎子

1. to go the long way round; to detour
2. (figurative) to speak in a roundabout way; to beat about the bush; to hum and haw

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 踅玲瑯／踅玲琅, 踅圈, 踅金龜遨／踅金龟遨, 踅金龜／踅金龟

Dialectal synonyms of 拐彎抹角 (“to speak in a roundabout way; to beat around the bush”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		拐彎抹角, 轉彎抹角, 兜圈子, 繞圈子, 繞彎子, 繞彎
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	拐彎兒抹角兒, 轉彎兒抹角兒, 拐彎兒, 轉彎兒, 繞彎兒
	Taiwan	拐彎抹角
	Singapore	拐彎抹角
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	拐彎兒抹角兒, 轉彎抹角
Cantonese	Hong Kong	轉彎抹角, 兜圈, 遊花園
Gan	Lichuan	拐彎抹角
Southern Min	Xiamen	彎來斡去, 踅玲瑯
	Zhangzhou	踅玲瑯
	Tainan	轉彎踅角, 彎來斡去, 彎彎斡斡, 踅玲瑯