溫和

See also: 温和

Chinese

		(luke)warm; to review	mix together; peace; harmony mix together; peace; harmony; and; with; union; cap (a poem); respond in singing; soft; warm
trad. (溫和/温和)		溫/温	和
simp. (温和)		温	和

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wēnhé

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣ ㄏㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wan¹ wo⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): un-hô

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wēnhé
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣ ㄏㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wunhé
    • Wade–Giles: wên¹-ho²
    • Yale: wēn-hé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uenher
    • Palladius: вэньхэ (vɛnʹxɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən⁵⁵ xɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wan¹ wo⁴
    • Yale: wān wòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wan¹ wo⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wen¹ wo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐn⁵⁵ wɔː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: un-hô
    • Tâi-lô: un-hô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: unhooi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /un⁴⁴⁻²² ho²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /un³³ ho²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /un⁴⁴⁻²² ho¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /un⁴⁴⁻³³ ho²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /un⁴⁴⁻³³ hɤ²³/

Adjective

溫和

1. mild; gentle; kind
2. (of weather) mild; temperate

Synonyms

• (gentle):

• 平和
• 平易 (píngyì)
• 惠 (huì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 柔和 (róuhé) (also of sound, voice, colour, lighting, etc.)
• 柔弱 (róuruò)
• 柔順／柔顺 (róushùn)
• 溫存／温存 (wēncún)
• 溫柔／温柔 (wēnróu) (especially of a woman)

 

• (temperate): 暖和 (nuǎnhuo), 融和 (rónghé), 溫暖／温暖 (wēnnuǎn), (Hakka, Hokkien) 燒熱／烧热; (Hokkien) 燒烙／烧烙, 燒晴／烧晴

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “gentle”): 嚴厲／严厉 (yánlì)

Derived terms

• 溫和派／温和派

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wēnhuo

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣ ˙ㄏㄨㄛ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wēnhuo
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣ ˙ㄏㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wunhuo̊
    • Wade–Giles: wên¹-huo⁵
    • Yale: wēn-hwo
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uen.huo
    • Palladius: вэньхо (vɛnʹxo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən⁵⁵ xu̯ɔ²/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wēnhuor
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣ ˙ㄏㄨㄛㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wunhuo̊r
    • Wade–Giles: wên¹-huo⁵-ʼrh
    • Yale: wēn-hwor
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uen.huol
    • Palladius: вэньхор (vɛnʹxor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən⁵⁵ xu̯ɔɻ²/

Adjective

溫和

1. (of objects) lukewarm