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委婉

wěi wǎn

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

委婉 (wěi wǎn) means "tactful; euphemistic; (of voice etc) suave". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 委婉 means

1. tactful
2. euphemistic
3. (of voice etc) suave
4. soft

The characters in 委婉

• 委wěito entrust; to cast aside; to shift (blame etc)
• 婉wǎngraceful; tactful

Words starting with 委婉

• 委婉词wěi wǎn cíeuphemism
• 委婉语wěi wǎn yǔeuphemism

Sounds the same

Read wěi wǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 委宛variant of 委婉

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read wěi wǎn correctly.
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