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

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• 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⁾/
• 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/
• Hakka
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yàn-kún-kún
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)ianˇ gun` gun`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yan² gun³ gun³
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯an¹¹ kun³¹ kun³¹/
• 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/

Adjective

圓滾滾

1. (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]:

     看我學爬　擱咧學行　圓滾滾的目睭金金看 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     看我学爬　搁咧学行　圆滚滚的目睭金金看 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     khòaⁿ góa o̍h pê, koh leh o̍h kiâⁿ, îⁿ-kún-kún ê ba̍k-chiu kim-kim-khòaⁿ [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

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   • 2022, 吳子齊 [Tzu-Chi Wu] (lyrics and music), “看天頂”‎^[2]performed by 葉程允 [Thing-un Iap]:

     看天頂　有綿綿的白雲　黏成一隻貓仔　圓滾滾 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     看天顶　有绵绵的白云　黏成一只猫仔　圆滚滚 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     khòaⁿ thiⁿ-téng, ū mî-mî ê pe̍h-hûn, liâm-sêng chi̍t chiah niau-á, îⁿ-kún-kún [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

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Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 圓溜溜 (“(expressive) round”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
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