怪圈

Chinese

		queer; to blame	circle; ring; loop circle; ring; loop; to confine; enclose; pen (pig); a fold
simp. and trad. (怪圈)		怪	圈
Literally: “strange circle”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guàiquān

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄞˋ ㄑㄩㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaai³ hyun¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: guàiquān
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄞˋ ㄑㄩㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guaychiuan
  - IPA ^(key): /ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: guàiquānr
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄞˋ ㄑㄩㄢㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guaychiual
  - IPA ^(key): /ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕʰɥɑɻ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwaai³ hyun¹
  - Yale: gwaai hyūn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwaai³ hyn¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: guai³ hün¹
  - IPA ^(key): /kʷäːi̯³³ hyːn⁵⁵/

Noun

怪圈

(figuratively) vicious cycle which is difficult to break

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