周旋

Chinese

		encircle; circuit; complete encircle; circuit; complete; lap; week; cycle; all; every; attentive; thoughtful	lathe; specially for an occasion; revolve
trad. (周旋/週旋)		周/週	旋
simp. (周旋)		周	旋
alternative forms		周還／周还

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhōuxuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄡ ㄒㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zau¹ syun⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiu-soân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhōuxuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄡ ㄒㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhousyuán
    • Wade–Giles: chou¹-hsüan²
    • Yale: jōu-sywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: joushyuan
    • Palladius: чжоусюань (čžousjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕy̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zau¹ syun⁴
    • Yale: jāu syùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzau¹ syn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zeo¹ xun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵ syːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiu-soân
    • Tâi-lô: tsiu-suân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciusoaan
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siu⁴⁴⁻²² suan²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siu³³ suan²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siu⁴⁴⁻²² suan¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡siu⁴⁴⁻³³ suan²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siu⁴⁴⁻³³ suan²³/

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• 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/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯ə̯u/	/zi̯wɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhōu	xuán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zau1	cyun4

• 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

1. to move in a circular motion; to circle
2. to mix with (people from a certain social circle); to socialize
3. to deal with; to cope with; to contend

Synonyms

• (to move in a circular motion):

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• 包 (literary, or in compounds)
• 圍 / 围 (wéi)
• 圍繞 / 围绕
• 拱 (gǒng)
• 環抱 / 环抱 (huánbào)
• 環拱 / 环拱 (huángǒng) (literary)
• 環繞 / 环绕
• 盤旋 / 盘旋 (pánxuán)
• 迴旋 / 回旋 (huíxuán)

• (to socialize):

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• 上落 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 交察 (gău-chák) (Eastern Min)
• 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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
周	旋
しゅう Grade: 4	せん Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しゅうせん [shùúséń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕɨːsẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

周(しゅう)旋(せん) • (shūsen) 

1. mediation; good offices

   Synonyms: 仲(なか)立(だ)ち (nakadachi), 斡(あっ)旋(せん) (assen)

   • 1914, 夏目漱石 [Natsume Sōseki], chapter 10, in こゝろ [Kokoro], 中 両親と私 [My Parents and I]:

     私(わたくし)は母(はは)と相(そう)談(だん)して、その医(い)者(しゃ)の周(しゅう)旋(せん)で、町(まち)の病(びょう)院(いん)から看(かん)護(ご)婦(ふ)を一(ひと)人(り)頼(たの)む事(こと)にした。

     Watakushi wa haha to sōdan shite, sono isha no shūsen de, machi no byōin kara kangofu o hitori tanomu koto ni shita.

     I had a talk with my mother, and we decided to request a nurse from the hospital in town, through the good offices of that doctor.

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Verb

周(しゅう)旋(せん)する • (shūsen suru) suru (stem 周(しゅう)旋(せん)し (shūsen shi), past 周(しゅう)旋(せん)した (shūsen shita))

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Conjugation

Conjugation of "周旋する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	周旋し	しゅうせんし	shūsen shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	周旋し	しゅうせんし	shūsen shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	周旋する	しゅうせんする	shūsen suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	周旋する	しゅうせんする	shūsen suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	周旋すれ	しゅうせんすれ	shūsen sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	周旋せよ¹ 周旋しろ²	しゅうせんせよ¹ しゅうせんしろ²	shūsen seyo¹ shūsen shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	周旋される	しゅうせんされる	shūsen sareru
Causative	周旋させる 周旋さす	しゅうせんさせる しゅうせんさす	shūsen saseru shūsen sasu
Potential	周旋できる	しゅうせんできる	shūsen dekiru
Volitional	周旋しよう	しゅうせんしよう	shūsen shiyō
Negative	周旋しない	しゅうせんしない	shūsen shinai
Negative continuative	周旋せず	しゅうせんせず	shūsen sezu
Formal	周旋します	しゅうせんします	shūsen shimasu
Perfective	周旋した	しゅうせんした	shūsen shita
Conjunctive	周旋して	しゅうせんして	shūsen shite
Hypothetical conditional	周旋すれば	しゅうせんすれば	shūsen sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative