打圈子

打圈子

Chinese

		beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen	circle; ring; community circle; ring; community; clique; social circle
simp. and trad. (打圈子)		打	圈子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǎquānzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˇ ㄑㄩㄢ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daa² hyun¹ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: dǎquānzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄑㄩㄢ ˙ㄗ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daachiuan.tzy
    • IPA ^(key): /tä²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: daa² hyun¹ zi²
    • Yale: dá hyūn jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daa² hyn¹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: da² hün¹ ji²
    • IPA ^(key): /täː³⁵ hyːn⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

Verb

打圈子

1. to circle
2. speak in a roundabout way; to beat around the bush

Synonyms

• 打圈圈 (dǎquānquān)
• (to circle): (Min Nan) 拍箍, 拍環／拍环, 拍踅