婉言

Chinese

		graceful; tactful	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word
trad. (婉言)		婉	言
simp. #(婉言)		婉	言

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǎnyán

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˇ ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun² jin⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): oán-giân / oán-gân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǎnyán
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˇ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǎnyán
    • Wade–Giles: wan³-yen²
    • Yale: wǎn-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woanyan
    • Palladius: ваньянь (vanʹjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jyun² jin⁴
    • Yale: yún yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn² jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun² yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn³⁵ jiːn²¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oán-giân
    • Tâi-lô: uán-giân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oafn'gieen
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /uan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɡiɛn²³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /uan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɡiɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡiɛn²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oán-gân
    • Tâi-lô: uán-gân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oafn'gaan
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡan¹³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 婉言

1. gentle words; tactful expressions