踅圈

Chinese

		to walk around; turn back midway; walk with one leg	circle; ring; loop circle; ring; loop; to confine; enclose; pen (pig); a fold
trad. (踅圈)		踅	圈
simp. ^#(踅圈)		踅	圈

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): se̍h-khoân / se̍rh-khoân

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: se̍h-khoân
  - Tâi-lô: se̍h-khuân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: seqqoaan
  - IPA (Xiamen): /se(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ kʰuan²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /se(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ kʰuan¹³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: se̍rh-khoân
  - Tâi-lô: se̍rh-khuân
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sə(ʔ)²⁴⁻² kʰuan²⁴/

Verb

踅圈

(Southern Min) to go the long way round; to detour
(Southern Min, figurative) to speak in a roundabout way; to beat about the bush; to hum and haw

Synonyms

繞彎子／绕弯子 (rào wānzi)
(Hokkien) 踅玲瑯／踅玲琅, 踅金龜遨／踅金龟遨, 踅金龜／踅金龟

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