彎彎

彎彎

See also: 弯弯

Chinese

		bend; bent	bend; bent
trad. (彎彎)		彎	彎
simp. (弯弯)		弯	弯

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wānwān

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢ ㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waan¹ waan¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vân-vân
• Min Nan (POJ): oan-oan

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wānwān
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢ ㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wanwan
    • Wade–Giles: wan¹-wan¹
    • Yale: wān-wān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uanuan
    • Palladius: ваньвань (vanʹvanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän⁵⁵ wän⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: waan¹ waan¹
    • Yale: wāan wāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waan¹ waan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wan¹ wan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːn⁵⁵ waːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vân-vân
    • Hakka Romanization System: van´ van´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: van¹ van¹
    • Sinological IPA: /van²⁴⁻¹¹ van²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oan-oan
    • Tâi-lô: uan-uan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oan'oafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /uan⁴⁴⁻²² uan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /uan³³ uan³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /uan⁴⁴⁻²² uan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /uan⁴⁴⁻³³ uan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /uan⁴⁴⁻³³ uan⁴⁴/

Adjective

彎彎

1. Reduplicative diminutive of 彎／弯 (wān, “bent; curved”).

   月牙彎彎／月牙弯弯  ―  yuèyá wānwān  ―  thin crescent moon

Proper noun

彎彎

1. (slang, neologism, Mainland China, sometimes derogatory) Alternative form of 灣灣／湾湾 (Wānwān, “Taiwan”).