粵

漩syun4渦wo1

simp漩涡
syun4 wo1xuán wō

English

  1. whirlpool
  2. eddy
  3. vortex
  4. (fig.) maelstrom
  5. whirlpool; vortex; eddy ----
  6. dispute; quarrel

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 不斷旋轉、可以捲走物件嘅水流或者氣流(量詞:個/股)
  2. 引申指爭拗、糾紛(量詞:次/場/股)

Examples

  • 水從噴泉中湧出,在溪流中向下流,在溪澗中奔走,在池塘中安定,在河流中順勢流,在漩渦中迴旋,並形成沼澤。

    Water springs out of a fountain, flows downwards in a brook, runs in a beck, stands in a pond, glides in the stream, is whirled about in a whirlpool and causes fens.

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  • 我唔想捲入呢次漩渦入面。

    I had no desire to embroil myself in this dispute.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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