循環往復

Chinese

		to cycle; to circulate; to recur to cycle; to circulate; to recur; to circulate	to go and come back; to make a round trip; to go forwards and backwards
trad. (循環往復)		循環	往復
simp. (循环往复)		循环	往复

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xúnhuánwǎngfù

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄏㄨㄢˊ ㄨㄤˇ ㄈㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceon¹ waan⁴ wong⁵ fuk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xúnhuánwǎngfù
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄏㄨㄢˊ ㄨㄤˇ ㄈㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syúnhuánwǎngfù
    • Wade–Giles: hsün²-huan²-wang³-fu⁴
    • Yale: syún-hwán-wǎng-fù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyunhwanwoangfuh
    • Palladius: сюньхуаньванфу (sjunʹxuanʹvanfu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyn³⁵ xu̯än³⁵ wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceon¹ waan⁴ wong⁵ fuk⁶
    • Yale: chēun wàahn wóhng fuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoen¹ waan⁴ wong⁵ fuk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cên¹ wan⁴ wong⁵ fug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵn⁵⁵ waːn²¹ wɔːŋ¹³ fʊk̚²/

Idiom

循環往復

1. to move in circles; to repeat in cycles

   • 實踐、認識、再實踐、再認識，這種形式，循環往復以至無窮，而實踐和認識之每一循環的內容，都比較地進到了高一級的程度。 [MSC, trad.]
     实践、认识、再实践、再认识，这种形式，循环往复以至无穷，而实践和认识之每一循环的内容，都比较地进到了高一级的程度。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1937, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《實踐論》 (On Practice), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Shíjiàn, rènshi, zài shíjiàn, zài rènshi, zhè zhǒng xíngshì, xúnhuánwǎngfù yǐzhì wúqióng, ér shíjiàn hé rènshi zhī měi yī xúnhuán de nèiróng, dōu bǐjiào de jìndào le gāo yī jí de chéngdù. [Pinyin]

     This form repeats itself in endless cycles, and with each cycle the content of practice and knowledge rises to a higher level.