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 (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹chioe-tsy

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• 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
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹chioe-tsy
    • MiniDict: chioe^平 tsy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹qyoe-tsr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕʰyø⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹/

Noun

圈子

1. circle; ring
2. (figurative) community; clique; social circle
3. (figurative) scope
4. (regional, card games) queen (Q)
5. (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
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	疙瘩, 疙瘩包
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	皮蛋, 十二
	Zhengzhou	十二, 圈
	Xi'an	圈子
	Xuzhou	皮蛋, 皮球, 球蛋
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	皮蛋, 圈子
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	皮蛋, 蛋, 環, 婆婆
	Guiyang	蛋, 蛋蛋
	Liuzhou	悶, 丘
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	皮蛋
	Yangzhou	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
	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)