團團轉

See also: 团团转

Chinese

		around and around; all round; perfectly round around and around; all round; perfectly round; round as a ball	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. (團團轉)		團團	轉
simp. (团团转)		团团	转

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tuántuánzhuàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄢˊ ㄊㄨㄢˊ ㄓㄨㄢˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tuántuánzhuàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄢˊ ㄊㄨㄢˊ ㄓㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tuántuánjhuàn
    • Wade–Giles: tʻuan²-tʻuan²-chuan⁴
    • Yale: twán-twán-jwàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: twantwanjuann
    • Palladius: туаньтуаньчжуань (tuanʹtuanʹčžuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯än³⁵ tʰu̯än³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯än⁵¹/

Verb

團團轉

1. to go round and round (due to agitation or busyness)

   忙得團團轉／忙得团团转  ―  máng de tuántuánzhuàn  ―  to be extremely busy

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 氹氹轉／氹氹转
• (Hokkien) 哴哴踅

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 團團轉 – see 氹氹轉 (“to go round and round; etc.”). (This term is a variant form of 氹氹轉).