恭維

See also: 恭维

Chinese

		respectful	to preserve; to maintain; to hold together to preserve; to maintain; to hold together; dimension
trad. (恭維)		恭	維
simp. (恭维)		恭	维
alternative forms		恭惟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōngwéi

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ ㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ wai⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiong-ûi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōngwéi → gōngwei (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ㄨㄟˊ → ㄍㄨㄥ ˙ㄨㄟ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gongwe̊i
    • Wade–Giles: kung¹-wei⁵
    • Yale: gūng-wei
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gong.wei
    • Palladius: гунвэй (gunvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ weɪ̯³⁵/ → /kʊŋ⁵⁵ weɪ̯²/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gung¹ wai⁴
    • Yale: gūng wàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ wai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ wei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ wɐi̯²¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiong-ûi
    • Tâi-lô: kiong-uî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiong'uii
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɔŋ³³ ui²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ui²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ui¹³/

Verb

恭維

1. to flatter; to compliment

Synonyms

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• 取悅／取悦 (qǔyuè)
• 奉承 (fèngchéng)
• 奉迎 (fèngyíng)
• 巴劫 (bājié) (literary)
• 巴結／巴结 (bājie)
• 拍馬／拍马 (pāimǎ) (colloquial)
• 拍馬屁／拍马屁 (pāi mǎpì) (colloquial)
• 捧臭腳／捧臭脚 (pěng chòujiǎo)
• 獻殷勤 (xiàn yīnqín)
• 討好／讨好 (tǎohǎo)
• 諂媚／谄媚 (chǎnmèi)
• 諂諛／谄谀 (chǎnyú) (literary)
• 趨奉／趋奉 (qūfèng)
• 趨附／趋附 (qūfù)
• 逢迎 (féngyíng) (literary)
• 阿諂／阿谄 (ēchǎn) (literary)
• 阿諛／阿谀 (ēyú) (literary)