圓滑

See also: 円滑 and 圆滑

Chinese

		circle; round; circular circle; round; circular; spherical; (of the moon) full; unit of Chinese currency (Yuan); tactful; to justify	comical; cunning; slippery comical; cunning; slippery; smooth
trad. (圓滑)		圓	滑
simp. (圆滑)		圆	滑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuánhuá

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ waat⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yèn-va̍t / yàn-va̍t
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): îⁿ-ku̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuánhuá
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuánhuá
    • Wade–Giles: yüan²-hua²
    • Yale: ywán-hwá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuanhwa
    • Palladius: юаньхуа (juanʹxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn³⁵ xu̯ä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun⁴ waat⁶
    • Yale: yùhn waaht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ waat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ wad⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ waːt̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yèn-va̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: ienˇ vad
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yan² vad⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯en¹¹ vat̚⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yàn-va̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)ianˇ vad
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yan² vad⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯an¹¹ vat̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: îⁿ-ku̍t
    • Tâi-lô: înn-ku̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: vi'kut
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ĩ²⁴⁻²² kut̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ĩ²⁴⁻²² kut̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ĩ¹³⁻²² kut̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ kut̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ĩ²³⁻³³ kut̚⁴/

Adjective

圓滑

1. (of a person) smooth and evasive; slick and sly; tactful

Synonyms

• 世故 (shìgù)
• 刁 (diāo)
• 刁滑 (diāohuá)
• 刁鑽／刁钻 (diāozuān)
• 刁頑／刁顽 (diāowán) (literary, cunning and stubborn)
• 即世 (jíshì) (literary)
• 圓泛／圆泛 (yenn² fan⁴) (Xiang)
• 圞泛／𪢮泛 (lonn² fan⁴) (Xiang)
• 奸宄 (Hokkien)
• 奸巧 (Hokkien)
• 奸狡
• 奸猾 (jiānhuá)
• 奸險／奸险 (jiānxiǎn)
• 姦刁／奸刁 (¹ke-tiau) (Wu)
• 姦詐／奸诈 (jiānzhà)
• 油滑 (yóuhuá)
• 滑
• 滑頭／滑头 (huátóu)
• 狡怪 (káu-koài) (Hokkien)
• 狡猾 (jiǎohuá)
• 狡獪／狡狯 (jiǎokuài) (literary)
• 狡詐／狡诈 (jiǎozhà)
• 狡鬼 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 狡黠 (jiǎoxiá) (literary)
• 詭詐／诡诈 (guǐzhà)
• 調皮／调皮 (tiáopí)
• 陰濕／阴湿 (jam¹ sap¹) (Cantonese)
• 陰險／阴险 (yīnxiǎn)
• 頑惡／顽恶 (wánwù) (literary)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
圓	滑
えん Jinmeiyō	かつ Grade: S
on’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 圓滑 – see the following entry.

【円滑えんかつ】 [adjective] smooth, trouble-free

(This term, 圓滑, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)