蜷曲

Chinese

		Melania libertina; wriggle (as a worm)	tune; song; bent tune; song; bent; crooked; wrong
simp. and trad. (蜷曲)		蜷	曲
alternative forms		拳曲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): quánqū

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄑㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kyun⁴ kuk¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: quánqū
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄑㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyuáncyu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻüan²-chʻü¹
    • Yale: chywán-chyū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyuanchiu
    • Palladius: цюаньцюй (cjuanʹcjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵ t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kyun⁴ kuk¹
    • Yale: kyùhn kūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kyn⁴ kuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: kün⁴ kug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰyːn²¹ kʰʊk̚⁵/

Verb

蜷曲

1. (of the body of a human, animal or plant) to curl; to coil; to twist