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婉

wǎn

Character

What 婉 means

1. graceful
2. tactful

Example sentences

• 我本应婉拒。
  Wǒ běnyīng wǎnjù.
  I should've declined.
• 婉君超爱追剧，韩剧、美剧她都看。
  Wan-chun’s a total drama addict — Korean, American, she watches them all.

Words starting with 婉

• 婉转wǎn zhuǎn(voice, music) suave; mellow; (speech) indirect
• 婉拒wǎn jùto tactfully decline; to turn down gracefully
• 婉约wǎn yuēgraceful and subdued (style)
• 婉言wǎn yántactful; diplomatic; mild and indirect
• 婉妙wǎn miàosweet; soft; lovely (of sounds and voices)
• 婉称wǎn chēngeuphemism (tactful expression for sth unpleasant such as death)
• 婉词wǎn cíeuphemism
• 婉辞wǎn cítactful expression; to politely decline
• 婉如wǎn rúvariant of 宛如

Words containing 婉

• 委婉wěi wǎntactful; euphemistic; (of voice etc) suave
• 温婉wēn wǎnsweet-tempered; gentle
• 哀婉āi wǎn(esp. of poetry, music) melancholy; sad and moving
• 清婉qīng wǎnclear and soft (voice)
• 谐婉xié wǎnmild and harmonious
• 委婉词wěi wǎn cíeuphemism
• 委婉语wěi wǎn yǔeuphemism
• 凄婉qī wǎnmelancholy; moving and sad; sweet and piteous

Characters built on 宛

These share the phonetic component 宛 (wǎn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 碗wǎnbowl; cup
• 腕wànwrist; (squid, starfish etc) arm
• 蜿wānused in 蜿蜒
• 惋wǎnto sigh in regret or pity; Taiwan pr. wàn
• 豌wānused in 豌豆
• 剜wānto scoop out; to gouge out
• 琬wǎnensign of royalty
• 菀wǎnused in 紫菀

Characters that look like 婉

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 腕wànwrist; (squid, starfish etc) arm
• 蛛zhū(bound form) spider
• 娩miǎnto give birth to a child
• 棵kēclassifier for trees, cabbages, plants etc
• 惋wǎnto sigh in regret or pity; Taiwan pr. wàn
• 娓wěiused in 娓娓

Sounds the same

Read wǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 晚evening; night; late
• 碗bowl; cup
• 惋to sigh in regret or pity; Taiwan pr. wàn
• 挽to pull; to draw (a cart or a bow); to roll up
• 皖short name for Anhui 安徽
• 绾bind up; string together
• 宛winding; as if
• 琬ensign of royalty
• 莞smile
• 菀used in 紫菀
• 脘internal cavity of stomach
• 畹a field of 20 or 30 mu