周旋

周旋

Chinese

		encircle; circuit; complete encircle; circuit; complete; lap; week; cycle; all; every; attentive; thoughtful	lathe; specially for an occasion; revolve
trad. (周旋/週旋)		周/週	旋
simp. (周旋)		周	旋
alternative forms		周還／周还

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhōuxuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄡ ㄒㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zau¹ syun⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): chiu-soân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhōuxuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄡ ㄒㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhousyuán
    • Wade–Giles: chou¹-hsüan²
    • Yale: jōu-sywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: joushyuan
    • Palladius: чжоусюань (čžousjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕɥɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zau¹ syun⁴
    • Yale: jāu syùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzau¹ syn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zeo¹ xun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵ ʃyːn²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiu-soân
    • Tâi-lô: tsiu-suân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciusoaan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiu⁴⁴⁻²² suan²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiu³³ suan²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiu⁴⁴⁻²² suan¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiu⁴⁴⁻³³ suan²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiu⁴⁴⁻³³ suan²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡ɕɨu  ziuᴇn/

Rime
Character	周	旋
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	章 (23)	邪 (17)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	仙 (78)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	職流切	似宣切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕɨu/	/ziuᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕiu/	/zʷiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕiəu/	/zjuæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cuw/	/zwian/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiu/	/ziuɛn/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭəu/	/zĭwɛn/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯ə̯u/	/zi̯wɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhōu	xuán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zau1	cyun4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*tiw  s-ɢʷen/

  (Zhengzhang): /*tjɯw  sɢʷan/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	周	旋
Reading #	1/2	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhōu	xuán
Middle Chinese	‹ tsyuw ›	‹ zjwen ›
Old Chinese	/*tiw/	/*s-ɢʷen/
English	Zhōu (dynasty and place)	turn around; return
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	周	旋
Reading #	1/1	1/2
No.	17531	14043
Phonetic component	周	旋
Rime group	幽	元
Rime subdivision	2	1
Corresponding MC rime	周	旋
Old Chinese	/*tjɯw/	/*sɢʷan/
Notes	甲金文象田間稼密， 爲稠初文

Verb

周旋

1. to move in a circular motion; to circle
2. to mix with (people from a certain social circle); to socialize
3. to deal with; to cope with; to contend

Synonyms

• (to move in a circular motion):

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包 (bāo) (literary, or in compounds) 圍繞／围绕 (wéirào) 環抱／环抱 (huánbào)

環繞／环绕 (huánrào) 盤旋／盘旋 (pánxuán) 迴旋／回旋 (huíxuán)

• (to socialize):

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Synonyms of 周旋

交往 (jiāowǎng) 交流 (jiāoliú) 打交道 (dǎ jiāodào) 社交 (shèjiāo) 交遊／交游 (jiāoyóu) 交際／交际 (jiāojì) 來往／来往 (láiwǎng)

往來／往来 (wǎnglái) 應酬／应酬 (yìngchou) 溝通／沟通 (gōutōng) 過往／过往 (guòwǎng) 過從／过从 (guòcóng) (literary) 鋪排 (Min Nan)

• (to contend): 比賽／比赛 (bǐsài), 比試／比试 (bǐshì), 較量／较量 (jiàoliàng), 競賽／竞赛 (jìngsài)

Derived terms

假意周旋 周旋人 周旋到底

壇坫周旋／坛坫周旋 與君周旋／与君周旋