Chinese symbol for “euphemism”
委婉词
wěi wǎn cí
Traditional: 委婉詞
euphemism
The closest CC-CEDICT match for euphemism is 委婉词 (wěi wǎn cí), defined as: euphemism.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “euphemism”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 委婉语 (委婉語) | wěi wǎn yǔ | euphemism |
| 婉称 (婉稱) | wǎn chēng | euphemism (tactful expression for sth unpleasant such as death) |
| 婉词 (婉詞) | wǎn cí | euphemism |
| 讳称 (諱稱) | huì chēng | euphemism; word used to avoid a taboo reference |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 委婉词.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 委员会 (委員會) | wěi yuán huì | committee; commission |
| 委员 (委員) | wěi yuán | committee member |
| 委托 (委託) | wěi tuō | to entrust; to trust |
| 常委 | cháng wěi | standing committee (abbr. for 常务委员会 (cháng wù wěi yuán huì)); member of the standing committee (abbr. for 常务委员 (cháng wù wěi yuán)) |
| 党委 (黨委) | dǎng wěi | Party committee |
| 市委 | shì wěi | municipal committee |
| 委婉 | wěi wǎn | tactful; euphemistic |
| 婉拒 | wǎn jù | to tactfully decline; to turn down gracefully |
| 歌词 (歌詞) | gē cí | song lyric; lyrics |
See also: Japanese symbol for “euphemism”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.