宛轉

See also: 宛转

Chinese

		similar; winding	to revolve; to turn; to circle about to revolve; to turn; to circle about; to walk about; to convey; to forward (mail); to transfer; to shift
trad. (宛轉)		宛	轉
simp. (宛转)		宛	转

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wǎnzhuǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˇ ㄓㄨㄢˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wǎnzhuǎn [Phonetic: wánzhuǎn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˇ ㄓㄨㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wǎnjhuǎn
  - Wade–Giles: wan³-chuan³
  - Yale: wǎn-jwǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woanjoan
  - Palladius: ваньчжуань (vanʹčžuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
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    婉轉 / 婉转
    宛轉 / 宛转

Middle Chinese: 'jwonX trjwenX

Rime
Character	宛	轉
Reading #	2/2	1/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	知 (9)
Final (韻)	元 (66)	仙 (80)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	於阮切	陟兖切
Baxter	'jwonX	trjwenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔʉɐn^X/	/ʈˠiuᴇn^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷiɐn^X/	/ʈʷᵚiɛn^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuɐn^X/	/ȶiuæn^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔuan^X/	/ʈwian^X/
Li Rong	/ʔiuɐn^X/	/ȶjuɛn^X/
Wang Li	/ĭwɐn^X/	/ȶĭwɛn^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔi̯wɐn^X/	/ȶi̯wɛn^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yuǎn	zhuǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyun²	zyun²

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ʔ]o[r]ʔ tronʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*qonʔ tonʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	宛	轉
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wǎn	zhuǎn
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔjwon^X ›	‹ trjwen^X ›
Old Chinese	/*[ʔ]o[r]ʔ/	/*tronʔ/
English	curved; to bend	輾轉 toss and turn ((Ode 1.2, 145.3)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	宛	轉
Reading #	2/2	1/2
No.	16297	17674
Phonetic component	夗	專
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	婉	轉
Old Chinese	/*qonʔ/	/*tonʔ/

Adjective

宛轉

alternative form of 婉轉 / 婉转 (wǎnzhuǎn, “tactful; agreeable”)

Verb

宛轉

(literary) synonym of 輾轉 / 辗转 (“to toss and turn in bed”)