Tactful in Chinese: 委婉 (wěi wǎn)

wěi wǎn

tactful

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

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

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ㄨㄟˇ

wěi

/ u/ eiˇ/ third tone

ㄨㄢˇ

wǎn

/ u/ anˇ/ third tone

Example sentences

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  • 他委婉地拒绝了我的请求。

    tā wěi wǎn dì jù jué le wǒ de qǐng qiú。

    He tactfully declined my request.

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