quanh co
Pronunciation
Northern
/kwajŋ˧˧ kɔ˧˧/
Central
/kwan˧˥ kɔ˧˥/
Southern
/wan˧˧ kɔ˧˧/
tortuous; winding
Adjective
tortuous; winding
2 senses
2 Components
Details
2 senses
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Details
2 senses
Sense 1
Adjective
tortuous; winding
Properties & States
Having many twists and turns instead of being straight, like a road or a river.
vi Con đường quanh co dẫn lên đỉnh núi.
en The winding road leads to the top of the mountain.
Sense 2
Adjective
indirect; evasive
Describing a manner of speaking that is indirect or dishonest to avoid giving a clear answer.
vi Anh ta trả lời một cách quanh co để giấu sự thật.
en He answered in an evasive way to hide the truth.
Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
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Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
縈抓
Candidates by syllable
quanh
縈（𠓐 / 𢩊 / 𨒺）
co
抓（𢮩 / 𢯐 / 𨂗 / 𨔌）
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.