踅玲瑯

踅玲瑯

Chinese

		to walk around; turn back midway; walk with one leg
trad. (踅玲瑯)		踅	玲瑯
simp. (踅玲琅)		踅	玲琅
alternative forms		踅玲啷

Pronunciation

• Min Nan (POJ): se̍h-lîn-long / se̍h-lin-long

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: se̍h-lîn-long
    • Tâi-lô: se̍h-lîn-long
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seqlinlofng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /se(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ lin¹³⁻²² lɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /se(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ lin²⁴⁻²² lɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: se̍h-lin-long
    • Tâi-lô: se̍h-lin-long
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seqlinlofng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /se(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ lin⁴⁴⁻³³ lɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /se(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ lin⁴⁴⁻³³ lɔŋ⁴⁴/

Verb

踅玲瑯

1. (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to go the long way round; to detour
2. (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien, figuratively) to speak in a roundabout way; to beat about the bush; to hum and haw

Synonyms

• 繞彎子／绕弯子 (rào wānzi)
• (Min Nan) 踅圈, 踅金龜遨／踅金龟遨, 踅金龜／踅金龟