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Chinese symbol for “suave”

婉转
wǎn zhuǎn
Traditional: 婉轉
(voice, music) suave; mellow; (speech) indirect; tactful

The closest CC-CEDICT match for suave is 婉转 (wǎn zhuǎn), defined as: (voice, music) suave; mellow; (speech) indirect; tactful.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

婉 wǎn
amiable, graceful, tactful; restrained
radical 38 ⼥ · 11 strokes
转 zhuǎn
to move, to convey; to turn, to revolve, to circle; to forward mail
radical 159 ⾞ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “suave”

WordPinyinMeaning
飘洒 (飄灑)piāo sǎsuave; graceful
委婉wěi wǎntactful; euphemistic
圆润 (圓潤)yuán rùnmellow and full; suave
倜傥 (倜儻)tì tǎng(literary) (of a man) dashing; suave; free-spirited

Related words

Other words that share a character with 婉转.

WordPinyinMeaning
委婉wěi wǎntactful; euphemistic
婉拒wǎn jùto tactfully decline; to turn down gracefully
温婉 (溫婉)wēn wǎnsweet-tempered; gentle
婉约 (婉約)wǎn yuēgraceful and subdued (style)
婉言wǎn yántactful; diplomatic
转移 (轉移)zhuǎn yíto shift; to relocate; to transfer; (fig.) to shift (attention); to change (the subject etc)
转变 (轉變)zhuǎn biànto change; to transform
转型 (轉型)zhuǎn xíngto undergo fundamental change; to transition; to transform; to update (to a new model of product)

See also: Japanese symbol for “suave”.

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.