委婉

Chinese

		give up; indeed; to commission give up; indeed; to commission; crooked	graceful; tactful
trad. (委婉/委宛)		委	婉/宛
simp. (委婉)		委	婉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wěiwǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˇ ㄨㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai² jyun²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): úi-oán

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ui² uang² / ui² uêng²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wěiwǎn [Phonetic: wéiwǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ ㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wěiwǎn
    • Wade–Giles: wei³-wan³
    • Yale: wěi-wǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woeiwoan
    • Palladius: вэйвань (vɛjvanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ wän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai² jyun²
    • Yale: wái yún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai² jyn²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei² yun²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯³⁵ jyːn³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: úi-oán
    • Tâi-lô: uí-uán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uyoarn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ uan⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ uan⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ uan⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ uan⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ uan⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ui² uang² / ui² uêng²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: úi uáng / úi uéng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ui⁵²⁻³⁵ uaŋ⁵²/, /ui⁵²⁻³⁵ ueŋ⁵²⁻²¹/

Adjective

委婉

1. tactful; polite; mild in tone; indirect; diplomatic; euphemistic

Synonyms

• 含蓄 (hánxù)
• 婉轉／婉转 (wǎnzhuǎn)
• 深沉 (shēnchén)
• 策略 (cèlüè)

 

Derived terms

• 委婉語／委婉语 (wěiwǎnyǔ)
• 委婉說法／委婉说法 (wěiwǎn shuōfǎ)