斡彎
Chinese
| to turn | bend; bent | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (斡彎) | 斡 | 彎 | |
| simp. (斡弯) | 斡 | 弯 | |
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): oa̍t-oan / oat-oan
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oa̍t-oan
- Tâi-lô: ua̍t-uan
- Phofsit Daibuun: oad'oafn
- IPA (Xiamen): /uat̚⁴⁻³² uan⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /uat̚²⁴⁻² uan³³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oat-oan
- Tâi-lô: uat-uan
- Phofsit Daibuun: oat'oafn
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /uat̚³²⁻⁵ uan⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /uat̚³²⁻⁴ uan⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
Verb
斡⫽彎 (verb-object)
- (Hokkien) to make a turn; to turn (a corner); to get around (a bend)
- (Mainland China Hokkien, figurative) to change one's view; to pursue a new course (with one's words, thoughts, etc.)
Synonyms
- (to make a turn):
Dialectal synonyms of 拐彎 (“to turn; to change direction”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 拐彎, 轉彎 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 拐彎兒, 轉彎兒 |
| Taiwan | 轉彎 | |
| Singapore | 轉彎 | |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 拐彎兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 倒拐 |
| Wuhan | 轉彎 | |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 轉彎 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 轉彎 |
| Hong Kong | 轉彎 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 轉彎 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 轉角 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 轉彎 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 轉彎 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 轉彎 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 轉彎 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 轉彎 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 轉彎 | |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 拐彎子 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 轉彎 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 斡彎, 轉斡 |
| Quanzhou | 斡彎 | |
| Zhangzhou | 斡彎, 轉斡 | |
| Tainan | 轉斡 | |
| Kinmen | 踅彎 | |
| Chaozhou | 斡彎 | |
| Shantou | 轉彎, 斡彎 | |
| Jieyang | 斡彎 | |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 轉彎 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 轉彎 |
| Wenzhou | 轉匯 | |