# 周旋
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhōuxuán
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄡ ㄒㄩㄢˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zau$^1$ syun$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiu-soân
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhōuxuán
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄡ ㄒㄩㄢˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhousyuán
*** Wade–Giles: chou$^1$-hsüan$^2$
*** Yale: jōu-sywán
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: joushyuan
*** Palladius: чжоусюань (čžousjuanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕy̯ɛn³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zau$^1$ syun$^4$
*** Yale: jāu syùhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzau$^1$ syn$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zeo$^1$ xun$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /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/
* Middle Chinese: tsyuw zjwen
Rime :
| Character | 周 | 旋 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 章 (23) | 邪 (17) |
| Final (韻) | 尤 (136) | 仙 (78) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Closed |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 職流切 | 似宣切 |
| 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 | zau$^1$ | cyun$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*tiw s-ɢʷen/
    (Zhengzhang): /*tjɯw sɢʷan/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 周 | 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 | 旋 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/2 |
| No. | 17531 | 14043 |
| Phonetic component | 周 | 旋 |
| Rime group | 幽 | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 周 | 旋 |
| Old Chinese | /*tjɯw/ | /*sɢʷan/ |
| Notes | 甲金文象田間稼密， 爲稠初文 | |

### Verb

周旋
* to move in a circular motion; to circle
* to mix with (people from a certain social circle); to socialize
* to deal with; to cope with; to contend

#### Synonyms

* (to move in a circular motion):
* 包 (literary, or in compounds)
* 圍／围 (wéi)
* 圍繞／围绕
* 拱 (gǒng)
* 環抱／环抱 (huánbào)
* 環繞／环绕
* 盤旋／盘旋 (pánxuán)
* 迴旋／回旋 (huíxuán)
* (to socialize):
* 交往 (jiāowǎng)
* 交插 (Hokkien)
* 交流 (jiāoliú)
* 交聊 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
* 交遊／交游 (jiāoyóu)
* 交際／交际 (jiāojì)
* 來去／来去 (Hakka, Huizhou, Northern Min, Min Nan, Wu)
* 來往／来往 (láiwǎng)
* 往來／往来 (wǎnglái)
* 往還／往还 (wǎnghuán) (literary)
* 應酬／应酬
* 打交道 (dǎ jiāodào)
* 溝通／沟通 (gōutōng)
* 社交 (shèjiāo)
* 行踏 (Hokkien)
* 走 (zǒu)
* 過往／过往 (guòwǎng)
* 過從／过从 (guòcóng) (literary)
* 酬酢 (chóuzuò) (literary)
* 鋪排／铺排 (Hokkien)
* (to contend): 比賽／比赛 (bǐsài), 比試／比试 (bǐshì), 較量／较量 (jiàoliàng), 競賽／竞赛 (jìngsài)

#### Derived terms

* 假意周旋
* 周旋人
* 周旋到底
* 壇坫周旋／坛坫周旋
* 與君周旋／与君周旋