彎彎

See also: 弯弯

Chinese

		bend; bent	bend; bent
trad. (彎彎)		彎	彎
simp. (弯弯)		弯	弯

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wānwān

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄢㄨㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): waan¹ waan¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vân-vân
Min Nan (POJ): oan-oan

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wānwān
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄢㄨㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wanwan
  - Wade–Giles: wan¹-wan¹
  - Yale: wān-wān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uanuan
  - Palladius: ваньвань (vanʹvanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän⁵⁵ wän⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    彎彎／弯弯
    灣灣／湾湾
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: waan¹ waan¹
  - Yale: wāan wāan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: waan¹ waan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: wan¹ wan¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːn⁵⁵ waːn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vân-vân
  - Hakka Romanization System: van´ van´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: van¹ van¹
  - Sinological IPA: /van²⁴⁻¹¹ van²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oan-oan
  - Tâi-lô: uan-uan
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oan'oafn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /uan⁴⁴⁻²² uan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /uan³³ uan³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /uan⁴⁴⁻²² uan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /uan⁴⁴⁻³³ uan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /uan⁴⁴⁻³³ uan⁴⁴/

Adjective

彎彎

Reduplicative diminutive of 彎／弯 (wān, “bent; curved”).
月牙彎彎／月牙弯弯 ― yuèyá wānwān ― thin crescent moon

Proper noun

彎彎

(slang, neologism, Mainland China, sometimes derogatory) Alternative form of 灣灣／湾湾 (Wānwān, “Taiwan”).

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