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wǎn

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wǎn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
wǎn | wan3
English translation
amiable, graceful, tactful; restrained

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About wǎn

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

wǎn

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Adjective / 形容词 xíng róng cí Xíngróng cí

Learning hint

woman

Etymology of wǎn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

女宛

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

wǎn

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and wǎn represents the sound.

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Example sentences using wǎn

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使 shǐ 请求 qǐngqiú 柔婉, 请求 qǐngqiú jiù 变为 biàn wéi 客气 kè qi .

The more you soften a request, the more polite it becomes.

yòu lěi yòu 激动 jīdòng shì 形容 xíngróng rén 喝醉酒 de 一种 yī zhǒng 委婉 wěi wǎn 说法 shuō fǎ

"Tired and emotional" is a code word for being drunk.

只是 zhǐ shì 甜笑 zhāo 婉拒 wǎn jù le

I just smiled sweetly and said no.

雷切尔委婉 wěi wǎn dàn 执著 de 自己 zìjǐ de 意愿 yì yuàn 强加 qiáng jiā gěi 道格拉斯 Dào gé lā sī

Rachel gently but persistently imposed her will upon Douglas.

Words with wǎn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
委婉 wěi wǎn tactful委婉 wěi wǎn
wǎn graceful wǎn
婉转 wǎn zhuǎn mellow婉轉
温婉 wēn wǎn gentle溫婉
婉拒 wǎn jù to tactfully decline婉拒 wǎn jù
婉约 wǎn yuē graceful and subdued (style)婉約
婉言 wǎn yán tactful婉言 wǎn yán
凄婉 qī wǎn melancholy淒婉
哀婉 aī wǎn melancholy哀婉 aī wǎn
婉辞 wǎn cí tactful expression婉辭
清婉 qīng wǎn clear and soft (voice)清婉 qīng wǎn
婉妙 wǎn miào sweet婉妙 wǎn miào

wǎn Decomposition & Compounds

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