遊花園

Chinese

		to roam; to wander	flower garden; garden
trad. (遊花園)		遊	花園
simp. (游花园)		游	花园
Literally: “to wander around the garden”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁴ faa¹ jyun^4-2

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau⁴ faa¹ jyun^4-2
    • Yale: yàuh fā yún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁴ faa¹ jyn^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁴ fa¹ yun^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²¹ faː⁵⁵ jyːn²¹⁻³⁵/

Verb

遊⫽花園 (verb-object)

1. (Cantonese) to avoid talking about something difficult or unpleasant; to beat around the bush

   唔好帶人遊花園啦！ [Cantonese, trad.]
   唔好带人游花园啦！ [Cantonese, simp.]

   m⁴ hou² daai³ jan⁴ jau⁴ faa¹ jyun^4-2 laa¹! [Jyutping]

   Stop beating around the bush!

Synonyms

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