Chinese symbol for “tactful”
委婉
wěi wǎn
tactful; euphemistic; (of voice etc) suave; soft
The closest CC-CEDICT match for tactful is 委婉 (wěi wǎn), defined as: tactful; euphemistic; (of voice etc) suave; soft.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “tactful”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 识趣 (識趣) | shí qù | tactful; discreet |
| 婉言 | wǎn yán | tactful; diplomatic |
| 圆 (圓) | yuán | circle; round |
| 婉转 (婉轉) | wǎn zhuǎn | (voice, music) suave; mellow |
| 识相 (識相) | shí xiàng | sensitive; tactful |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 委婉.
| 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 |
| 婉拒 | wǎn jù | to tactfully decline; to turn down gracefully |
| 婉转 (婉轉) | wǎn zhuǎn | (voice, music) suave; mellow |
See also: Japanese symbol for “tactful”.
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.