# 盤旋
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): pánxuán
    (Zhuyin): ㄆㄢˊ ㄒㄩㄢˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): pun$^4$ syun$^4$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): poân-soân / phoân-soân
    (Teochew, Peng'im): puang$^5$ suang$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: pánxuán
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄢˊ ㄒㄩㄢˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: pánsyuán
*** Wade–Giles: pʻan$^2$-hsüan$^2$
*** Yale: pán-sywán
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: parnshyuan
*** Palladius: паньсюань (panʹsjuanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰän³⁵ ɕy̯ɛn³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: pun$^4$ syun$^4$
*** Yale: pùhn syùhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: pun$^4$ syn$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: pun$^4$ xun$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰuːn²¹ syːn²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poân-soân
*** Tâi-lô: puân-suân
*** Phofsit Daibuun: poansoaan
*** IPA (Xiamen): /puan²⁴⁻²² suan²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /puan¹³⁻²² suan¹³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phoân-soân
*** Tâi-lô: phuân-suân
*** Phofsit Daibuun: phoansoaan
*** IPA (Taipei): /pʰuan²⁴⁻¹¹ suan²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰuan²⁴⁻²² suan²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰuan²³⁻³³ suan²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: puang$^5$ suang$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phuâng suâng
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰuaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ suaŋ⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: ban zjwen
Rime :
| Character | 盤 | 旋 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) | 邪 (17) |
| Final (韻) | 桓 (62) | 仙 (78) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Closed |
| Division (等) | I | III |
| Fanqie | 薄官切 | 似宣切 |
| Baxter | ban | zjwen |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /buɑn/ | /ziuᴇn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /bʷɑn/ | /zʷiɛn/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /buɑn/ | /zjuæn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /bwan/ | /zwian/ |
| Li Rong | /buɑn/ | /ziuɛn/ |
| Wang Li | /buɑn/ | /zĭwɛn/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /bʱuɑn/ | /zi̯wɛn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | pán | xuán |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | pun$^4$ | cyun$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[b]ˤan s-ɢʷen/
    (Zhengzhang): /*baːn sɢʷan/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 盤 | 旋 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | pán | xuán |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ ban › | ‹ zjwen › |
| Old Chinese | /*[b]ˁan/ | /*s-ɢʷen/ |
| English | tray, basin | 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 | 盤 | 旋 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/2 |
| No. | 232 | 14043 |
| Phonetic component | 般 | 旋 |
| Rime group | 元 | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 槃 | 旋 |
| Old Chinese | /*baːn/ | /*sɢʷan/ |
| Notes | 籀文槃 | |

### Verb

盤旋 (intransitive)
* to spiral; to circle
* to pace back and forth; to hover; to linger

#### Synonyms

* (to spiral):
* 包 (literary, or in compounds)
* 周旋 (zhōuxuán)
* 圍／围 (wéi)
* 圍繞／围绕
* 拱 (gǒng)
* 環抱／环抱 (huánbào)
* 環繞／环绕
* 迴旋／回旋 (huíxuán)
* (to pace back and forth):
* 彷徨 (pánghuáng)
* 徘徊
* 盤桓／盘桓 (pánhuán)
* 走來走去／走来走去 (zǒuláizǒuqù)
* 踟躕／踟蹰 (chíchú)
* 躑躅／踯躅 (zhízhú)