溫文爾雅

Chinese

		gentle and polite; mild-mannered	standard; correct; upright standard; correct; upright; righteous
trad. (溫文爾雅)		溫文	爾雅
simp. (温文尔雅)		温文	尔雅

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wēnwén'ěryǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣ ㄨㄣˊ ㄦˇ ㄧㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wan¹ man⁴ ji⁵ ngaa⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wēnwén'ěryǎ [Phonetic: wēnwénéryǎ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣ ㄨㄣˊ ㄦˇ ㄧㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wunwún-ěryǎ
    • Wade–Giles: wên¹-wên²-êrh³-ya³
    • Yale: wēn-wén-ěr-yǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uenweneelyea
    • Palladius: вэньвэньэря (vɛnʹvɛnʹerja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən⁵⁵ wən³⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wan¹ man⁴ ji⁵ ngaa⁵
    • Yale: wān màhn yíh ngáh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wan¹ man⁴ ji⁵ ngaa⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: wen¹ men⁴ yi⁵ nga⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐn⁵⁵ mɐn²¹ jiː¹³ ŋaː¹³/

Idiom

溫文爾雅

1. gentle and polite; elegant and dignified