救生圈

救生圈

Chinese

		to save a life; life-saving	circle; ring; loop circle; ring; loop; to confine; enclose; pen (pig); a fold
simp. and trad. (救生圈)		救生	圈

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiùshēngquān

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄕㄥ ㄑㄩㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gau³ saang¹ hyun¹, gau³ sang¹ hyun¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kiu-sên-khiên / kiu-sên-khiân
• Min Nan (Teochew, Peng'im): giu³ sên¹ kuêng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: jiùshēngquān
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄕㄥ ㄑㄩㄢ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiowshengchiuan
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gau³ saang¹ hyun¹, gau³ sang¹ hyun¹
    • Yale: gau sāang hyūn, gau sāng hyūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gau³ saang¹ hyn¹, gau³ sang¹ hyn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: geo³ sang¹ hün¹, geo³ seng¹ hün¹
    • IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³³ säːŋ⁵⁵ hyːn⁵⁵/, /kɐu̯³³ sɐŋ⁵⁵ hyːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiu-sên-khiên
    • Hakka Romanization System: giu sen´ kien´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: giu⁴ sen¹ kian¹
    • IPA: /ki̯u⁵⁵ sen²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰi̯en²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiu-sên-khiân
    • Hakka Romanization System: giu sen´ kian´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: giu⁴ sen¹ kian¹
    • IPA: /ki̯u⁵⁵ sen²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰi̯an²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: giu³ sên¹ kuêng¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kiù seⁿ khueng
    • IPA ^(key): /kiu²¹³⁻⁵⁵ sẽ³³⁻²³ kʰueŋ³³/

Noun

救生圈

救生圈

1. life-buoy; life preserver
2. (slang) fat around one's midsection; spare tire

See also

• 救生衣 (jiùshēngyī)