"兜圈子" meaning in Chinese

See 兜圈子 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /toʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /tɐu̯⁵⁵ hyːn⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /toʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/, /tɐu̯⁵⁵ hyːn⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/ Chinese transliterations: dōu quānzi [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄉㄡ ㄑㄩㄢ ˙ㄗ [Mandarin, bopomofo], dau¹ hyun¹ zi² [Cantonese, Jyutping], dōu quānzi [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], dou cyuanzi̊h [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], tou¹ chʻüan¹-tzŭ⁵ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], dōu chywān-dz [Mandarin, Yale], dou chiuan.tzy [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], доу цюаньцзы [Mandarin, Palladius], dou cjuanʹczy [Mandarin, Palladius], dāu hyūn jí [Cantonese, Yale], dau¹ hyn¹ dzi² [Cantonese, Pinyin], deo¹ hün¹ ji² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 兜圈子
  1. to circle; to go around in circles
    Sense id: en-兜圈子-zh-verb-4W4N5GQy Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 96 4
  2. (figurative) to beat around the bush Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-兜圈子-zh-verb-qHDQQBAe
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 拐彎抹角 [formal, Standard-Chinese], 轉彎抹角 [formal, Standard-Chinese], 兜圈子 [formal, Standard-Chinese], 繞圈子 [formal, Standard-Chinese], 繞彎子 [formal, Standard-Chinese], 繞彎 [formal, Standard-Chinese], 拐彎兒抹角兒 [Mandarin, Beijing], 轉彎兒抹角兒 [Mandarin, Beijing], 拐彎兒 [Mandarin, Beijing], 轉彎兒 [Mandarin, Beijing], 繞彎兒 [Mandarin, Beijing], 拐彎抹角 [Mandarin, Taiwan], 拐彎兒抹角兒 [Mandarin, Luoyang], 轉彎抹角 [Mandarin, Luoyang], 拐彎抹角 [Mandarin, Singapore], 轉彎抹角 [Cantonese, Hong-Kong], 兜圈 [Cantonese, Hong-Kong], 遊花園 [Cantonese, Hong-Kong], 拐彎抹角 [Gan, Lichuan], 彎來斡去 [Xiamen], 踅玲瑯 [Xiamen], 踅玲瑯 [Zhangzhou], 轉彎踅角 [Tainan], 彎來斡去 [Tainan], 彎彎斡斡 [Tainan], 踅玲瑯 [Tainan]

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      "zh-pron": "dōu quānzi"
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        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄉㄡ ㄑㄩㄢ ˙ㄗ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dau¹ hyun¹ zi²"
    },
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        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dōu quānzi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
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        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dou cyuanzi̊h"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tou¹ chʻüan¹-tzŭ⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dōu chywān-dz"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dou chiuan.tzy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "доу цюаньцзы"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dou cjuanʹczy"
    },
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        "Sinological-IPA"
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    {
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        "Cantonese",
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      "zh-pron": "dāu hyūn jí"
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      "zh-pron": "dau¹ hyn¹ dzi²"
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        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "deo¹ hün¹ ji²"
    },
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      "ipa": "/tɐu̯⁵⁵ hyːn⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/",
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        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/toʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɐu̯⁵⁵ hyːn⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/"
    }
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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        "formal",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "拐彎抹角"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "轉彎抹角"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "兜圈子"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Standard-Chinese"
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      "word": "繞圈子"
    },
    {
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        "formal",
        "Standard-Chinese"
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      "word": "繞彎子"
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    {
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        "Standard-Chinese"
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      "word": "繞彎"
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        "Mandarin",
        "Beijing"
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        "Mandarin",
        "Beijing"
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      "word": "繞彎兒"
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        "Mandarin",
        "Taiwan"
      ],
      "word": "拐彎抹角"
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        "Mandarin",
        "Luoyang"
      ],
      "word": "拐彎兒抹角兒"
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        "Mandarin",
        "Luoyang"
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        "Mandarin",
        "Singapore"
      ],
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        "Cantonese",
        "Hong-Kong"
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        "Cantonese",
        "Hong-Kong"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "word": "遊花園"
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Lichuan"
      ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "彎來斡去"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "踅玲瑯"
    },
    {
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        "Zhangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "踅玲瑯"
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      "zh-pron": "dōu quānzi"
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        "bopomofo"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄉㄡ ㄑㄩㄢ ˙ㄗ"
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        "Jyutping"
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        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tou¹ chʻüan¹-tzŭ⁵"
    },
    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dōu chywān-dz"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dou chiuan.tzy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "доу цюаньцзы"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dou cjuanʹczy"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/toʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/",
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        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dāu hyūn jí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dau¹ hyn¹ dzi²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "deo¹ hün¹ ji²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɐu̯⁵⁵ hyːn⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/toʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɐu̯⁵⁵ hyːn⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/"
    }
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        "formal",
        "Standard-Chinese"
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      "word": "拐彎抹角"
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    {
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        "formal",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "轉彎抹角"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "兜圈子"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "繞圈子"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "繞彎子"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "繞彎"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Beijing"
      ],
      "word": "拐彎兒抹角兒"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Beijing"
      ],
      "word": "轉彎兒抹角兒"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Beijing"
      ],
      "word": "拐彎兒"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Beijing"
      ],
      "word": "轉彎兒"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Beijing"
      ],
      "word": "繞彎兒"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Taiwan"
      ],
      "word": "拐彎抹角"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Luoyang"
      ],
      "word": "拐彎兒抹角兒"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Luoyang"
      ],
      "word": "轉彎抹角"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Singapore"
      ],
      "word": "拐彎抹角"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "word": "轉彎抹角"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "word": "兜圈"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "word": "遊花園"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Lichuan"
      ],
      "word": "拐彎抹角"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "彎來斡去"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "踅玲瑯"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "踅玲瑯"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Tainan"
      ],
      "word": "轉彎踅角"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Tainan"
      ],
      "word": "彎來斡去"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Tainan"
      ],
      "word": "彎彎斡斡"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Tainan"
      ],
      "word": "踅玲瑯"
    }
  ],
  "word": "兜圈子"
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