圈套

Chinese

		circle; ring; loop circle; ring; loop; to confine; enclose; pen (pig); a fold	to cover; covering; case to cover; covering; case; cover; (a measure word, a set of something); sheath
trad. (圈套)		圈	套
simp. #(圈套)		圈	套

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): quāntào

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄢ ㄊㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hyun¹ tou³

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khiên-tho / khiân-tho
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khoân-thò / khoan-thò

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: quāntào
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄢ ㄊㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyuantào
    • Wade–Giles: chʻüan¹-tʻao⁴
    • Yale: chywān-tàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiuantaw
    • Palladius: цюаньтао (cjuanʹtao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn⁵⁵ tʰɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hyun¹ tou³
    • Yale: hyūn tou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hyn¹ tou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hün¹ tou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hyːn⁵⁵ tʰou̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiên-tho
    • Hakka Romanization System: kien´ to
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kian¹ to⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰo⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiân-tho
    • Hakka Romanization System: kian´ to
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kian¹ to⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯an²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰo⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoân-thò
    • Tâi-lô: khuân-thò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoantoix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰuan²⁴⁻²² tʰo²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰuan²³⁻³³ tʰɤ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰuan²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰo¹¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰuan¹³⁻²² tʰo²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰuan²⁴⁻²² tʰo⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoan-thò
    • Tâi-lô: khuan-thò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoantoix
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰuan⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰɤ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰuan⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰo¹¹/

Noun

圈套

1. snare; trap

   中了圈套  ―  zhòng le quāntào  ―  to have fallen into a trap

   佈設圈套／布设圈套  ―  bùshè quāntào  ―  to lay a snare

Synonyms

• 坎阱 (kǎnjǐng) (literary)
• 局子 (Beijing Mandarin)
• 漉束箍仔 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 牢籠／牢笼 (láolóng)
• 網羅／网罗 (wǎngluó)
• 羅網／罗网 (luówǎng)
• 陷坑 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 陷阱 (xiànjǐng)
• 騙局／骗局 (piànjú) (fraud, hoax or scam)