圈子

Chinese

		circle; ring; loop circle; ring; loop; to confine; enclose; pen (pig); a fold	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (圈子)		圈	子
simp. ^#(圈子)		圈	子

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): quānzi

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄢ ˙ㄗ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): чуанзы (čuanzɨ, I-I)
Cantonese (Jyutping): hyun¹ zi²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khoân-chír / khoân-chú
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ¹chioe-tsy

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: quānzi
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄢ ˙ㄗ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cyuanzi̊h
  - Wade–Giles: chʻüan¹-tzŭ⁵
  - Yale: chywān-dz
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiuan.tzy
  - Palladius: цюаньцзы (cjuanʹczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: чуанзы (čuanzɨ, I-I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰuæ̃²⁴ t͡sz̩²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hyun¹ zi²
  - Yale: hyūn jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hyn¹ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: hün¹ ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hyːn⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoân-chír
  - Tâi-lô: khuân-tsír
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰuan²⁴⁻²² t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoân-chú
  - Tâi-lô: khuân-tsú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qoanzuo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰuan²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
Wu
- (Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹chioe-tsy
  - MiniDict: chioe^平 tsy
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹qyoe-tsr
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕʰyø⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹/

Noun

圈子

circle; ring
(figurative) community; clique; social circle
(figurative) scope
(regional, card games) queen (Q)
(Shanghainese) pork intestine

Synonyms

(circle): (Hokkien) 圓箍仔／圆箍仔
(scope):

幅度 (fúdù)
範圍／范围 (fànwéi)
範疇／范畴 (fànchóu)
規模／规模 (guīmó)

(queen):

Dialectal synonyms of 圈兒 (“queen (playing cards)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Mandarin	Beijing	疙瘩, 疙瘩包
	Luoyang	皮蛋, 十二
	Zhengzhou	十二, 圈
	Xi'an	圈子
	Ürümqi	皮蛋, 圈子
	Wuhan	皮蛋, 蛋, 環, 婆婆
	Guiyang	蛋, 蛋蛋
	Liuzhou	悶, 丘
	Xuzhou	皮蛋, 皮球, 球蛋
	Yangzhou	皮蛋
	Nanjing	皮蛋
Cantonese	Guangzhou	女
	Hong Kong	女
	Taishan	女
	Nanning	敏
	Nanning (Tanka)	文
	Wuzhou	敏
	Yulin	敏
Gan	Nanchang	皮蛋
	Pengze	箍
	Lichuan	皮蛋
	Pingxiang	蛋, 皮蛋架架
Hakka	Yudu	圈子
Huizhou	Jixi	皮蛋
Jin	Taiyuan	圈兒
Southern Min	Xiamen	Q, 卵
Southern Min	Shantou	箍, 𡚸, 妹
Wu	Shanghai	皮蛋
	Shanghai (Chongming)	皮蛋
	Suzhou	蛋, 皮蛋
	Ningbo	皮蛋, 蛋

Derived terms

兜圈子 (dōu quānzi)
小圈子 (xiǎoquānzi)
打圈子 (dǎquānzi)
社交圈子 (shèjiāo quānzi)

Related terms

派系 (pàixì)
朋黨／朋党 (péngdǎng)

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