踅玲瑯

Chinese

		to walk around; turn back midway; walk with one leg
trad. (踅玲瑯)		踅	玲瑯
simp. (踅玲琅)		踅	玲琅
alternative forms		踅玲啷

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): se̍h-lîn-long / se̍h-lin-long

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: se̍h-lîn-long
    • Tâi-lô: se̍h-lîn-long
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seqlinlofng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /se(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ lin¹³⁻²² lɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /se(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ lin²⁴⁻²² lɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: se̍h-lin-long
    • Tâi-lô: se̍h-lin-long
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seqlinlofng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /se(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ lin⁴⁴⁻³³ lɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /se(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ lin⁴⁴⁻³³ lɔŋ⁴⁴/

Verb

踅玲瑯

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

Synonyms

• 繞彎子／绕弯子 (rào wānzi)
• (Hokkien) 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