婉轉

See also: 婉转

Chinese

		graceful; tactful	to revolve; to turn; to circle about to revolve; to turn; to circle about; to walk about; to convey; to forward (mail); to transfer; to shift
trad. (婉轉)		婉	轉
simp. (婉转)		婉	转
alternative forms		宛轉／宛转

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wǎnzhuǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˇ ㄓㄨㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun² zyun²
Min Nan (POJ): oán-choán

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wǎnzhuǎn [Phonetic: wánzhuǎn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˇ ㄓㄨㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wǎnjhuǎn
  - Wade–Giles: wan³-chuan³
  - Yale: wǎn-jwǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woanjoan
  - Palladius: ваньчжуань (vanʹčžuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂwän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
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    宛轉／宛转
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyun² zyun²
  - Yale: yún jyún
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyn² dzyn²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yun² jun²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn³⁵ t͡ʃyːn³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oán-choán
  - Tâi-lô: uán-tsuán
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oafnzoarn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡suan⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /uan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡suan⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡suan⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡suan⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /uan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡suan⁴¹/

Middle Chinese: /ʔʉɐn^X ʈˠiuᴇn^X/

Rime
Character	婉	轉
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	知 (9)
Final (韻)	元 (66)	仙 (80)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	於阮切	陟兖切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔʉɐn^X/	/ʈˠiuᴇn^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷiɐn^X/	/ʈʷᵚiɛn^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuɐn^X/	/ȶiuæn^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔuan^X/	/ʈwian^X/
Li Rong	/ʔiuɐn^X/	/ȶjuɛn^X/
Wang Li	/ĭwɐn^X/	/ȶĭwɛn^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔi̯wɐn^X/	/ȶi̯wɛn^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yuǎn	zhuǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyun²	zyun²

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ʔ]o[n]ʔ tronʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*qonʔ tonʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	婉	轉
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wǎn	zhuǎn
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔjwon^X ›	‹ trjwen^X ›
Old Chinese	/*[ʔ]o[n]ʔ/	/*tronʔ/
English	beautiful	輾轉 toss and turn ((Ode 1.2, 145.3)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	婉	轉
Reading #	1/1	1/2
No.	16290	17674
Phonetic component	夗	專
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	婉	轉
Old Chinese	/*qonʔ/	/*tonʔ/

Adjective

婉轉

tactful; indirect
(of sound) melodious; agreeable

Synonyms

(tactful):

含蓄 (hánxù)
委婉 (wěiwǎn)

深沉 (shēnchén)
策略 (cèlüè)

(melodious):

動聽／动听 (dòngtīng)
好聽／好听 (hǎotīng)

悅耳／悦耳 (yuè'ěr)

Derived terms

風流婉轉／风流婉转

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