圓滾滾
Chinese
circle; round; circular circle; round; circular; spherical; (of the moon) full; unit of Chinese currency (Yuan); tactful; to justify |
to boil; to roll | to boil; to roll | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (圓滾滾) | 圓 | 滾 | 滾 | |
| simp. (圆滚滚) | 圆 | 滚 | 滚 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Pinyin): yuángǔngǔn
- (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄣˇ ㄍㄨㄣˇ
- Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun4 gwan2 gwan2
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yàn-kún-kún
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): îⁿ-kún-kún
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: yuángǔngǔn [Phonetic: yuángúngǔn]
- Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄣˇ ㄍㄨㄣˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yuángǔngǔn
- Wade–Giles: yüan2-kun3-kun3
- Yale: ywán-gwǔn-gwǔn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuangoengoen
- Palladius: юаньгуньгунь (juanʹgunʹgunʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɥɛn³⁵ ku̯ən²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku̯ən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: jyun4 gwan2 gwan2
- Yale: yùhn gwán gwán
- Cantonese Pinyin: jyn4 gwan2 gwan2
- Guangdong Romanization: yun4 guen2 guen2
- Sinological IPA (key): /jyːn²¹ kʷɐn³⁵ kʷɐn³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yàn-kún-kún
- Hakka Romanization System: (r)ianˇ gunˋ gunˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: yan2 gun3 gun3
- Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯an¹¹ kun³¹ kun³¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: îⁿ-kún-kún
- Tâi-lô: înn-kún-kún
- Phofsit Daibuun: vi'kwnkuon
- IPA (Taipei): /ĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ kun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kun⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ĩ²³⁻³³ kun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kun⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
Adjective
圓滾滾
- (ideophonic) very round
- 2016, “媽媽不免驚”, 高以德 (lyrics), 王尚宏 (music)[1]performed by 蔡秋鳳 [Kerris Tsai]:
- 2022, 吳子齊 [Tzu-Chi Wu], “看天頂”[2]performed by 葉程允 [Thing-un Iap]:
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 圓溜溜 (“(expressive) round”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 圓溜溜, 圓滾滾 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 圓滾滾 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 圓揼朵, 圓揼揼, 圓軲轆 |
| Hong Kong | 圓揼朵, 圓揼揼, 圓轆轆, 圓軲轆 | |
| Taishan | 圓轆轆, 圓軲轆, 圓至轆 | |
| Dongguan | 圓轆轆 | |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 圓滾滾仔, 圓羅羅仔 |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 圓滾滾仔, 圓滾滾, 圓羅羅仔, 圓羅羅 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 圓滾滾, 圓羅羅 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 圓滾滾, 圓捆捆 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 圓羅羅 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 圓滾滾 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 圓溜溜 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 圓捙捙, 圓棍棍, 圓翱翱, 圓輾輾, 圓軲轆膏, 圓滑律術 |
| Quanzhou | 圓軲藍屈 | |
| Yongchun | 圓輪輪 | |
| Zhangzhou | 圓捙捙, 圓棍棍, 圓軲轆膏, 圓膏轆膏 | |
| New Taipei (Tamsui) | 圓輪輪 | |
| New Taipei (Pingxi) | 圓輾輾 | |
| Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 圓輪輪 | |
| Yilan (Luodong) | 圓輾輾 | |
| Yilan (Toucheng) | 圓輾輾 | |
| Tainan | 圓捙捙, 圓輾輾, 圓翱囉趖 | |
| Tainan (Anping) | 圓輪輪 | |
| Penghu (Xiyu) | 圓輪輪 | |