# 圈子
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): quānzi
       (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄢ ˙ㄗ
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): чуанзы (čuanzɨ, I-I)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hyun$^1$ zi$^2$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khoân-chír / khoân-chú
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$chioe-tsy
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: quānzi
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄢ ˙ㄗ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cyuanzi̊h
*** Wade–Giles: chʻüan$^1$-tzŭ$^5$
*** Yale: chywān-dz
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiuan.tzy
*** Palladius: цюаньцзы (cjuanʹczy)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: чуанзы (čuanzɨ, I-I)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰuæ̃²⁴ t͡sz̩²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hyun$^1$ zi$^2$
*** Yale: hyūn jí
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hyn$^1$ dzi$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hün$^1$ ji$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /hyːn⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoân-chír
*** Tâi-lô: khuân-tsír
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰuan²⁴⁻²² t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoân-chú
*** Tâi-lô: khuân-tsú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qoanzuo
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kʰuan²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$chioe-tsy
*** MiniDict: chioe$^平$ tsy
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$qyoe-tsr
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕʰyø⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹/

### Noun

圈子
* circle; ring
* (figurative) community; clique; social circle
* (figurative) scope
* (regional, card games) queen (Q)
* (Xuzhou Mandarin) earring
* (Shanghainese) pork intestine

#### Synonyms

* (circle): (Hokkien) 圓箍仔／圆箍仔
* (scope):
* 幅度 (fúdù)
* 範圍 / 范围 (fànwéi)
* 範疇 / 范畴 (fànchóu)
* 規模 / 规模 (guīmó)
* (queen):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 疙瘩, 疙瘩包 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 皮蛋, 十二 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 十二, 圈 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 圈子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 皮蛋, 皮球, 球蛋 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 皮蛋, 圈子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 皮蛋, 蛋, 環, 婆婆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 蛋, 蛋蛋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 悶, 丘 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 皮蛋 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 皮蛋 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 女 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 女 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 女 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 敏 |
| Cantonese | Nanning (Tanka) | 文 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 敏 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 敏 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 皮蛋 |
| Gan | Pengze | 箍 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 皮蛋 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 蛋, 皮蛋架架 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 圈子 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 皮蛋 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 圈兒 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | Q, 卵 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 箍, 𡚸, 妹 |
| Southern Min | Puning | 箍 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 皮蛋 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 皮蛋 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 蛋, 皮蛋 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 皮蛋, 蛋 |
* (earring):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 耳環 ring, 耳墜 with pendant, 耳飾 general term |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 耳環兒, 耳墜兒, 耳鉗子, 鉗子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 耳環 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 耳環, 耳墜兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 耳環, 耳鉗子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 耳環, 耳墜兒, 耳墜子, 耳鉗子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 耳環, 鉗子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 耳環 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 鉗子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 耳環, 耳墜兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 墜子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 墜子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 耳墜兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 耳環兒, 墜子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 耳環兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 耳墜兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 耳環 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 耳墜子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 耳墜兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 耳環, 耳墜兒, 耳墜子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 耳環兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 耳環, 耳圈子, 圈子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 耳墜子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 耳環, 耳墜子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 耳環子, 耳環, 耳墜子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 耳環子, 耳環, 耳墜子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 耳環 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 耳環 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 耳環, 環子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 耳柱, 耳環 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 耳環, 耳墜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 耳環, 耳墜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 耳環 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 耳環, 耳絲, 耳圈兒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 耳環子, 環子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 耳環, 圈兒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 耳圈 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 耳牌, 耳圈 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 耳牌 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Mengshan (Xihe) | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Nanjiang) | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Beiliu (Tangliao) | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Bobai | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Lingshan | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Pubei | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 耳圈 |
| Cantonese | Ningming | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Hengzhou | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Hezhou (Pumen, Babu) | 耳環 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 環子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 耳澀 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 耳環 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 耳圈仔, 耳盤仔 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 耳環 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 耳環 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 耳環 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 耳環 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 耳環 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 耳飾 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 耳環 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 耳環 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 耳環 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 耳鉤, 耳環 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 耳環 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 耳鉤 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 耳環 |
| Hakka | Beiliu (Tang'an) | 耳環 |
| Hakka | Mashan (Pianlian) | 耳環 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 耳朵環, 耳朵箍 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 耳圈, 圈 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 環環, 耳環, 耳墜子 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 耳墜子 |
| Jin | Linhe | 耳環子 |
| Jin | Jining | 耳環 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 耳環 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 耳環 |
| Jin | Handan | 耳環, 耳墜子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 耳釘 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 耳環 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 耳鉤 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 耳鉤 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 耳栓 ring, 丁香 drop |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 耳鉤 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 耳鉤 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 耳鉤 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 耳鉤 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 耳鉤 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 耳鉤 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 耳鉤 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 耳鉤 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 耳鉤 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 耳栓 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | subang |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 耳鉤 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 耳鉤 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 耳鉤仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 耳鉤 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 耳鉤 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 耳鉤 |
| Southern Min | Puning | 耳鉤 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 耳鉤 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 耳環 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 耳環 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 耳鉤 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 耳鉤 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 耳環 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 耳圈 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 耳鉤 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 耳環, 耳鉤囝 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 耳鉤 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 耳環 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 耳墜子 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 耳環, 耳朵環, 耳朵圈, 圈 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 環 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 圈 |
| Wu | Danyang | 耳朵環子, 環子 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 箍兒 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 環子, 耳朵環 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 耳朵箍兒 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 耳環, 環子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 耳環 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 耳環 |

#### Derived terms

* 兜圈子 (dōu quānzi)
* 小圈子 (xiǎoquānzi)
* 打圈子 (dǎquānzi)
* 社交圈子 (shèjiāo quānzi)

#### Related terms

* 派系 (pàixì)
* 朋黨／朋党 (péngdǎng)