交通圈

Chinese

		transportation; transport; traffic transportation; transport; traffic; communications; liaison	circle; ring; loop circle; ring; loop; to confine; enclose; pen (pig); a fold
trad. (交通圈)		交通	圈
simp. #(交通圈)		交通	圈

Etymology

Possibly inspired by Malay bulatan (“circle; traffic roundabout”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiāotōngquān

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠ ㄊㄨㄥ ㄑㄩㄢ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiāotōngquān
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠ ㄊㄨㄥ ㄑㄩㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiaotongcyuan
    • Wade–Giles: chiao¹-tʻung¹-chʻüan¹
    • Yale: jyāu-tūng-chywān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiautongchiuan
    • Palladius: цзяотунцюань (czjaotuncjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn⁵⁵/

Noun

交通圈

1. (chiefly Malaysia, Singapore) traffic circle; roundabout

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 環島 (“roundabout; traffic circle”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		-
Mandarin	Taiwan	圓環
	Chengdu	轉盤
	Liuzhou	環島, 轉盤
	Malaysia	交通圈
	Singapore	交通圈
Cantonese	Hong Kong	迴旋處
	Macau	迴旋處, 圓形地
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	圓環
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	圓環
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	圓環
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	圓環
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	圓環
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	圓環
Southern Min	Taipei	圓環 GT
	Penang (Hokkien)	圓箍環
	Jieyang	大圓
	Puning	大圓
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)