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婉 (wǎn) — amiable, graceful, tactful; restrained
HSK 7 · Rank #13332
Components
女 (nǚ) — woman, girl; female
宛 (wǎn) — to seem; as if; crooked
Words
委婉 (wěi wǎn) — tactful
婉转 (wǎn zhuǎn) — (voice, music) suave
婉 (wǎn) — graceful
婉拒 (wǎn jù) — to tactfully decline
温婉 (wēn wǎn) — sweet-tempered
哀婉 (āi wǎn) — (esp. of poetry, music) melancholy; sad and moving
凄婉 (qī wǎn) — melancholy
委婉词 (wěi wǎn cí) — euphemism
委婉语 (wěi wǎn yǔ) — euphemism
婉如 (wǎn rú) — variant of 宛如
婉妙 (wǎn miào) — sweet
婉称 (wǎn chēng) — euphemism (tactful expression for sth unpleasant such as death)
婉约 (wǎn yuē) — graceful and subdued (style)
婉言 (wǎn yán) — tactful
婉词 (wǎn cí) — euphemism
婉辞 (wǎn cí) — tactful expression
清婉 (qīng wǎn) — clear and soft (voice)
谐婉 (xié wǎn) — mild and harmonious
Similar Looking Characters
琬 (wǎn) — fine jade; nobility
蜿 (wān) — to creep, to crawl
惋 (wǎn) — to regret, to be sorry
腕 (wàn) — wrist
畹 (wǎn) — a field of 20-30 mu
碗 (wǎn) — bowl, small dish
豌 (wān) — peas
烷 (wán) — alkane
嫁 (jià) — to marry, to give a daughter in marriage
嫔 (pín) — courtesan; palace maid
Synonyms
中和 (zhōng hé) — to neutralize; to counteract; neutralization (chemistry)
中庸 (zhōng yōng) — golden mean (Confucianism); (literary) (of person) mediocre; ordinary
优柔 (yōu róu) — gentle; carefree; indecisive
低缓 (dī huǎn) — low and unhurried (voice etc); low and gently sloping (terrain)
含蓄 (hán xù) — (of a person or style etc) reserved; implicit; to contain
和 (hé) — (joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [han4]); (bound form) harmonious; (literary) harmonious (variant of 和)
和平 (hé píng) — peace; peaceful
和缓 (hé huǎn) — mild; gentle; to ease up
Broader Terms
兜圈子 (dōu quān zi) — to encircle; to go around; to circle
拐弯抹角 (guǎi wān mò jiǎo) — lit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom); fig. to speak in a roundabout way; to equivocate
指桑骂槐 (zhǐ sāng mà huái) — lit. to point at the mulberry tree and curse the locust tree; fig. to scold sb indirectly; to make oblique accusations (idiom)
支吾其词 (zhī wú qí cí) — (idiom) to talk in a roundabout way to cover up the truth; evasive
旁敲侧击 (páng qiāo cè jī) — to make insinuations; to take an indirect approach (in making inquiries) (idiom)
欲言又止 (yù yán yòu zhǐ) — to want to say sth but then hesitate
绕圈子 (rào quān zi) — to go around in circles; to make a detour; (fig.) to beat about the bush
绕弯儿 (rào wān r) — to go for a walk around; (fig.) to speak in a roundabout way
Example Sentences
她很婉约。 — She is graceful and gentle.
婉言谢绝。 — Politely decline.
说话很委婉。 — Speaks very tactfully.
她委婉地拒绝了邀请。 — She tactfully declined the invitation.
他婉言拒绝了这份工作。 — He politely turned down the job.