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

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• 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/

Verb

斡⫽彎 (verb-object)

1. (Hokkien) to make a turn; to turn (a corner); to get around (a bend)
2. (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 edit
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
	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

• (to change one's view): 轉彎／转弯 (zhuǎnwān); (Hokkien) 轉斡／转斡