婉轉

See also: 婉转

Chinese

		graceful; tactful	to revolve; to turn; to circle about to revolve; to turn; to circle about; to walk about; to convey; to forward (mail); to transfer; to shift
trad. (婉轉)		婉	轉
simp. (婉转)		婉	转
alternative forms		宛轉／宛转

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǎnzhuǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˇ ㄓㄨㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun² zyun²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): oán-choán

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǎnzhuǎn [Phonetic: wánzhuǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˇ ㄓㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǎnjhuǎn
    • Wade–Giles: wan³-chuan³
    • Yale: wǎn-jwǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woanjoan
    • Palladius: ваньчжуань (vanʹčžuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun² zyun²
    • Yale: yún jyún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn² dzyn²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun² jun²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn³⁵ t͡syːn³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oán-choán
    • Tâi-lô: uán-tsuán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oafnzoarn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡suan⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /uan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡suan⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡suan⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡suan⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /uan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡suan⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: 'jwonX trjwenX

Rime
Character	婉	轉
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	知 (9)
Final (韻)	元 (66)	仙 (80)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	於阮切	陟兖切
Baxter	'jwonX	trjwenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔʉɐnX/	/ʈˠiuᴇnX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷiɐnX/	/ʈʷᵚiɛnX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuɐnX/	/ȶiuænX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔuanX/	/ʈwianX/
Li Rong	/ʔiuɐnX/	/ȶjuɛnX/
Wang Li	/ĭwɐnX/	/ȶĭwɛnX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔi̯wɐnX/	/ȶi̯wɛnX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yuǎn	zhuǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyun2	zyun2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ʔ]o[n]ʔ  tronʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qonʔ  tonʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	婉	轉
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wǎn	zhuǎn
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔjwonX ›	‹ trjwenX ›
Old Chinese	/*[ʔ]o[n]ʔ/	/*tronʔ/
English	beautiful	輾轉 toss and turn ((Ode 1.2, 145.3)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	婉	轉
Reading #	1/1	1/2
No.	16290	17674
Phonetic component	夗	專
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	婉	轉
Old Chinese	/*qonʔ/	/*tonʔ/

Adjective

婉轉

1. tactful; indirect
2. (of sound) melodious; agreeable

Synonyms

• (tactful):

• 含蓄 (hánxù)
• 委婉 (wěiwǎn)
• 深沉 (shēnchén)
• 策略 (cèlüè)

 

• (melodious):

• 動聽／动听 (dòngtīng)
• 好聽／好听 (hǎotīng)
• 悅耳／悦耳 (yuè'ěr)

 

Derived terms

• 風流婉轉／风流婉转