兜圈子

兜圈子

Chinese

		pocket	circle; ring; community circle; ring; community; clique; social circle
simp. and trad. (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)⁺
    • Pinyin: dōu quānzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄡ ㄑㄩㄢ ˙ㄗ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dou chiuan.tzy
    • IPA ^(key): /toʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: dau¹ hyun¹ zi²
    • Yale: dāu hyūn jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dau¹ hyn¹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: deo¹ hün¹ ji²
    • IPA ^(key): /tɐu̯⁵⁵ hyːn⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

Verb

兜圈子

1. to circle; to go around in circles
2. (figuratively) to beat around the bush