團團轉 (tam4 tam2 zyun3 | tuan2 tuan2 zhuan4) : round and round

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團團轉

tam4 tam2 zyun3

tuan2 tuan2 zhuan4

round and round; round in circles; extremely agitated or busy
[粵] 氹氹轉

團 is almost always read as tyun4 in Cantonese. The reading tam4 as used in 團團轉 is an exception in order to match the Canto version 氹氹轉.

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 396,000

This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 國

團團轉 / 团团转

This word has been viewed 2799 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by tym on 7th Aug 2004 18:04 and last edited on 23rd Jun 2014 19:52

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團 tyun4 - round; assemble; ball; group; regiment
團 tyun4 - round; assemble; ball; group; regiment
轉 zyun2 zyun3 - turn; transfer; revolve

One Cantonese Homophone / Homophone Variant for this word:

氹氹轉 tam4 tam2 zyun3 = to turn in round; turn around; be extremely busy 粵

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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