兜圈子

Chinese

		pocket	circle; ring; community circle; ring; community; clique; social circle
trad. (兜圈子)		兜	圈子
simp. #(兜圈子)		兜	圈子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dōu quānzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄡ ㄑㄩㄢ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dau¹ hyun¹ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dōu quānzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄡ ㄑㄩㄢ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dou cyuanzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: tou¹ chʻüan¹-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: dōu chywān-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dou chiuan.tzy
    • Palladius: доу цюаньцзы (dou cjuanʹczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /toʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dau¹ hyun¹ zi²
    • Yale: dāu hyūn jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dau¹ hyn¹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: deo¹ hün¹ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐu̯⁵⁵ hyːn⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

Verb

兜圈子

1. to circle; to go around in circles
2. (figurative) to beat 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