周旋しゅうせん

Chinese

		encircle; circuit; complete encircle; circuit; complete; lap; week; cycle; all; every; attentive; thoughtful	lathe; specially for an occasion; revolve
trad. (周旋しゅうせん/週しゅう旋)		周しゅう/週しゅう	旋
simp. (周旋しゅうせん)		周しゅう	旋
alternative forms		周しゅう還かえ／周しゅう还

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhōuxuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄡ ㄒㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zau¹ syun⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiu-soân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhōuxuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄡ ㄒㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhousyuán
    • Wade–Giles: chou¹-hsüan²
    • Yale: jōu-sywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: joushyuan
    • Palladius: чжоусюань (čžousjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕy̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zau¹ syun⁴
    • Yale: jāu syùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzau¹ syn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zeo¹ xun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵ syːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiu-soân
    • Tâi-lô: tsiu-suân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciusoaan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siu⁴⁴⁻²² suan²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siu³³ suan²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siu⁴⁴⁻²² suan¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siu⁴⁴⁻³³ suan²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siu⁴⁴⁻³³ suan²³/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyuw zjwen

Rime
Character	周しゅう	旋
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲こえ)	章あきら (23)	邪よこしま (17)
Final (韻いん)	尤ゆう (136)	仙せん (78)
Tone (調しらべ)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開ひらき合あい)	Open	Closed
Division (等ひとし)	III	III
Fanqie	職しょく流ながれ切きり	似に宣せん切きり
Baxter	tsyuw	zjwen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕɨu/	/ziuᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕiu/	/zʷiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕiəu/	/zjuæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cuw/	/zwian/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiu/	/ziuɛn/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭəu/	/zĭwɛn/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯ə̯u/	/zi̯wɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhōu	xuán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zau1	cyun4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*tiw  s-ɢʷen/

  (Zhengzhang): /*tjɯw  sɢʷan/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	周しゅう	旋
Reading #	1/2	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhōu	xuán
Middle Chinese	‹ tsyuw ›	‹ zjwen ›
Old Chinese	/*tiw/	/*s-ɢʷen/
English	Zhōu (dynasty and place)	turn around; return
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	周しゅう	旋
Reading #	1/1	1/2
No.	17531	14043
Phonetic component	周しゅう	旋
Rime group	幽かそけ	元もと
Rime subdivision	2	1
Corresponding MC rime	周しゅう	旋
Old Chinese	/*tjɯw/	/*sɢʷan/
Notes	甲きのえ金きむ文ぶん象ぞう田た間あいだ稼密ひそか， 爲ため稠初はつ文ぶん

Verb

周旋しゅうせん

1. to move in a circular motion; to circle
2. to mix with (people from a certain social circle); to socialize
3. to deal with; to cope with; to contend

Synonyms

• (to move in a circular motion):

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• 包つつみ (literary, or in compounds)
• 圍かこえ／围 (wéi)
• 圍繞いじょう／围绕
• 拱 (gǒng)
• 環かん抱だき／环抱 (huánbào)
• 環かん繞にょう／环绕
• 盤ばん旋／盘旋 (pánxuán)
• 迴旋／回旋かいせん (huíxuán)

 

• (to socialize):

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• 交往 (jiāowǎng)
• 交插 (Hokkien)
• 交流こうりゅう (jiāoliú)
• 交聊 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 交遊こうゆう／交游 (jiāoyóu)
• 交際こうさい／交际 (jiāojì)
• 來き去ざ／来き去ざ (Hakka, Huizhou, Northern Min, Min Nan, Wu)
• 來往らいおう／来往らいおう (láiwǎng)
• 往來おうらい／往来おうらい (wǎnglái)
• 往還おうかん／往还 (wǎnghuán) (literary)
• 應酬おうしゅう／应酬
• 打だ交道 (dǎ jiāodào)
• 溝みぞ通どおり／沟通 (gōutōng)
• 社交しゃこう (shèjiāo)
• 行くだり踏 (Hokkien)
• 走はし (zǒu)
• 過か往／过往 (guòwǎng)
• 過か從したがえ／过从 (guòcóng) (literary)
• 酬むくい酢す (chóuzuò) (literary)
• 鋪しき排はい／铺排 (Hokkien)

 

• (to contend): 比ひ賽さい／比ひ赛 (bǐsài), 比ひ試ためし／比ひ试 (bǐshì), 較量／较量 (jiàoliàng), 競きおい賽さい／竞赛 (jìngsài)

Derived terms

• 假かり意い周旋しゅうせん
• 周旋しゅうせん人じん
• 周旋しゅうせん到底とうてい
• 壇だん坫周旋しゅうせん／坛坫周旋しゅうせん
• 與あずか君きみ周旋しゅうせん／与あずか君きみ周旋しゅうせん