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Pinyin	Yale	Jyutping	English Definition for Chinese Text
quan1	gyun6, hyun1	gyun6, hyun1	circle / ring / loop / classifier for loops, orbits, laps of race etc / to surround / to circle

Traditional Chinese	Pinyin	Yale	Jyutping	English Definition for Chinese Text
圈子 Learn more	quan1 zi5	gyun6, hyun1 ji2	gyun6, hyun1 zi2	circle / ring
花圈 Learn more	hua1 quan1	fa1 gyun6, hyun1	faa1 gyun6, hyun1	wreath / garland
圈套 Learn more	quan1 tao4	gyun6, hyun1 tou3	gyun6, hyun1 tou3	trap / snare / trick
圓圈 Learn more	yuan2 quan1	yun4 gyun6, hyun1	jyun4 gyun6, hyun1	circle
圈圈 Learn more	quan1 quan5	gyun6, hyun1 gyun6, hyun1	gyun6, hyun1 gyun6, hyun1	to draw a circle / cliques / circles
怪圈 Learn more	guai4 quan1	gwaai3 gyun6, hyun1	gwaai3 gyun6, hyun1	vicious circle / (abnormal) phenomenon
轉圈 Learn more	zhuan4 quan1	jyun2, jyun3 gyun6, hyun1	zyun2, zyun3 gyun6, hyun1	to rotate / to twirl / to run around / to encircle / rotation / (coll.) to speak indirectly / to beat about the bush

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Traditional	Pinyin	Used for
個	ge4	general things; it's a catch-all measure word for individual things or units of something both abstract or physical objects

Wreaths of smoke rose from the chimney.

Wind the wire in loops and put it away in the toolshed.

He turned quickly, his black cloak circling.

The blue pitcher has yellow bands around the neck.

The goldfish swam round and round in their tiny bowls.

They stayed, safe and happy, within their own social milieu.

She hungered for some contact outside her own circumscribed world.

The street plan of the city has evolved as a series of concentric rings.

His finger traced a circle around the area surrounding Macon, Mississippi.

Even the film's impressive finale can't hide the first hour's paucity of imagination.

Phonetics:	ni3	nǐ
Tone colors (āáǎàa):	off	on