踅圈

Chinese

		to walk around; turn back midway; walk with one leg	circle; ring; loop circle; ring; loop; to confine; enclose; pen (pig); a fold
trad. (踅圈)		踅	圈
simp. #(踅圈)		踅	圈

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): se̍h-khoân / se̍rh-khoân

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: se̍h-khoân
    • Tâi-lô: se̍h-khuân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seqqoaan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /se(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ kʰuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /se(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ kʰuan¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: se̍rh-khoân
    • Tâi-lô: se̍rh-khuân
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sə(ʔ)²⁴⁻² kʰuan²⁴/

Verb

踅圈

1. (Southern Min) to go the long way round; to detour
2. (Southern Min, 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) 踅玲瑯／踅玲琅, 踅金龜遨／踅金龟遨, 踅金龜／踅金龟