委婉 in Chinese

IPA: /weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ wän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /wɐi̯³⁵ jyːn³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ uan⁵³/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /ui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ uan⁵⁵⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /ui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ uan⁵³/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /ui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ uan⁵³/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /ui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ uan⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /ui⁵²⁻³⁵ uaŋ⁵²/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /ui⁵²⁻³⁵ ueŋ⁵²⁻²¹/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ wän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/, /wɐi̯³⁵ jyːn³⁵/, /ui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ uan⁵³/, /ui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ uan⁵⁵⁴/, /ui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ uan⁵³/, /ui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ uan⁵³/, /ui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ uan⁴¹/, /ui⁵²⁻³⁵ uaŋ⁵²/, /ui⁵²⁻³⁵ ueŋ⁵²⁻²¹/ Chinese transliterations: wěiwǎn [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄨㄟˇ ㄨㄢˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], wai² jyun² [Cantonese, Jyutping], úi-oán [Hokkien, POJ], ui² uang² [Peng'im, Teochew], ui² uêng² [Peng'im, Teochew], wěiwǎn [Phonetic:wéiwǎn] [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], wěiwǎn [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], wei³-wan³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], wěi-wǎn [Mandarin, Yale], woeiwoan [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], вэйвань [Mandarin, Palladius], vɛjvanʹ [Mandarin, Palladius], wái yún [Cantonese, Yale], wai² jyn² [Cantonese, Pinyin], wei² yun² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], uí-uán [Hokkien, Tai-lo], uyoarn [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], úi uáng [POJ, Teochew], úi uéng [POJ, Teochew] Forms: 委宛 [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{head|zh|adjective}} 委婉

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "委宛",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "委婉",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "wěiwǎnyǔ",
          "word": "委婉語"
        },
        {
          "roman": "wěiwǎnyǔ",
          "word": "委婉语"
        },
        {
          "roman": "wěiwǎn shuōfǎ",
          "word": "委婉說法"
        },
        {
          "roman": "wěiwǎn shuōfǎ",
          "word": "委婉说法"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "tactful; polite; mild in tone; indirect; diplomatic; euphemistic"
      ],
      "id": "en-委婉-zh-adj-PMsMG1U3",
      "links": [
        [
          "tactful",
          "tactful"
        ],
        [
          "polite",
          "polite"
        ],
        [
          "mild",
          "mild"
        ],
        [
          "indirect",
          "indirect"
        ],
        [
          "diplomatic",
          "diplomatic"
        ],
        [
          "euphemistic",
          "euphemistic"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "hánxù",
          "word": "含蓄"
        },
        {
          "roman": "wǎnzhuǎn",
          "word": "婉轉"
        },
        {
          "roman": "wǎnzhuǎn",
          "word": "婉转"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shēnchén",
          "word": "深沉"
        },
        {
          "roman": "cèlüè",
          "word": "策略"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wěiwǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄟˇ ㄨㄢˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wai² jyun²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "úi-oán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ui² uang²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ui² uêng²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wěiwǎn [Phonetic:wéiwǎn]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wěiwǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wei³-wan³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wěi-wǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "woeiwoan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "вэйвань"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vɛjvanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ wän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wái yún"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wai² jyn²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wei² yun²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɐi̯³⁵ jyːn³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "uí-uán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "uyoarn"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ uan⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ uan⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ uan⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ uan⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ uan⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "úi uáng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "úi uéng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ui⁵²⁻³⁵ uaŋ⁵²/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ui⁵²⁻³⁵ ueŋ⁵²⁻²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: wéiwǎn]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ wän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɐi̯³⁵ jyːn³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ uan⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ uan⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ uan⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ uan⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ uan⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ui⁵²⁻³⁵ uaŋ⁵²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ui⁵²⁻³⁵ ueŋ⁵²⁻²¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "委婉"
}

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{
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "wěiwǎnyǔ",
      "word": "委婉語"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wěiwǎnyǔ",
      "word": "委婉语"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wěiwǎn shuōfǎ",
      "word": "委婉說法"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wěiwǎn shuōfǎ",
      "word": "委婉说法"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "委宛",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adj",
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        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese adjectives",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 委",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 婉",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Hokkien adjectives",
        "Hokkien lemmas",
        "Mandarin adjectives",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Teochew adjectives",
        "Teochew lemmas"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "tactful; polite; mild in tone; indirect; diplomatic; euphemistic"
      ],
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        [
          "tactful",
          "tactful"
        ],
        [
          "polite",
          "polite"
        ],
        [
          "mild",
          "mild"
        ],
        [
          "indirect",
          "indirect"
        ],
        [
          "diplomatic",
          "diplomatic"
        ],
        [
          "euphemistic",
          "euphemistic"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wěiwǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄟˇ ㄨㄢˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wai² jyun²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "úi-oán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ui² uang²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ui² uêng²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wěiwǎn [Phonetic:wéiwǎn]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wěiwǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wei³-wan³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wěi-wǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "woeiwoan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "вэйвань"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vɛjvanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ wän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wái yún"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wai² jyn²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wei² yun²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɐi̯³⁵ jyːn³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "uí-uán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "uyoarn"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ uan⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ uan⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ uan⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ uan⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ uan⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "úi uáng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "úi uéng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ui⁵²⁻³⁵ uaŋ⁵²/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ui⁵²⁻³⁵ ueŋ⁵²⁻²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: wéiwǎn]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ wän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɐi̯³⁵ jyːn³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ uan⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ uan⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ uan⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ uan⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ uan⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ui⁵²⁻³⁵ uaŋ⁵²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ui⁵²⁻³⁵ ueŋ⁵²⁻²¹/"
    }
  ],
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      "roman": "hánxù",
      "word": "含蓄"
    },
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      "word": "婉轉"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wǎnzhuǎn",
      "word": "婉转"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shēnchén",
      "word": "深沉"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cèlüè",
      "word": "策略"
    }
  ],
  "word": "委婉"
}

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"委婉" meaning in Chinese

Adjective