圓滑

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See also: 円滑 and 圆滑

Chinese

		circle; round; circular circle; round; circular; spherical; (of the moon) full; unit of Chinese currency (Yuan); tactful; to justify	comical; cunning; slippery comical; cunning; slippery; smooth
trad. (圓滑)		圓	滑
simp. (圆滑)		圆	滑

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yuánhuá

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄚˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ waat⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yèn-va̍t / yàn-va̍t
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): îⁿ-ku̍t

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yuánhuá
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄚˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yuánhuá
  - Wade–Giles: yüan²-hua²
  - Yale: ywán-hwá
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuanhwa
  - Palladius: юаньхуа (juanʹxua)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn³⁵ xu̯ä³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyun⁴ waat⁶
  - Yale: yùhn waaht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ waat⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ wad⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ waːt̚²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yèn-va̍t
  - Hakka Romanization System: ienˇ vad
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yan² vad⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /i̯en¹¹ vat̚⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yàn-va̍t
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)ianˇ vad
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yan² vad⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯an¹¹ vat̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: îⁿ-ku̍t
  - Tâi-lô: înn-ku̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: vi'kut
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ĩ²⁴⁻²² kut̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ĩ²⁴⁻²² kut̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ĩ¹³⁻²² kut̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ kut̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ĩ²³⁻³³ kut̚⁴/

Adjective

圓滑

(of a person) smooth and evasive; slick and sly; tactful

Synonyms

世故 (shìgù)
刁 (diāo)
刁滑 (diāohuá)
刁鑽／刁钻 (diāozuān)
刁頑／刁顽 (diāowán) (literary, cunning and stubborn)
即世 (jíshì) (literary)
圓泛／圆泛 (yenn² fan⁴) (Xiang)
圞泛／𪢮泛 (lonn² fan⁴) (Xiang)
奸宄 (Hokkien)
奸巧 (Hokkien)
奸狡
奸猾 (jiānhuá)
奸險 (jiānxiǎn)
姦刁／奸刁 (¹ke-tiau) (Wu)
姦詐／奸诈 (jiānzhà)
油滑 (yóuhuá)
滑
滑頭／滑头 (huátóu)
狡怪 (káu-koài) (Hokkien)
狡猾 (jiǎohuá)
狡獪／狡狯 (jiǎokuài) (literary)
狡詐／狡诈 (jiǎozhà)
狡鬼 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
狡黠 (jiǎoxiá) (literary)
詭詐／诡诈 (guǐzhà)
調皮／调皮 (tiáopí)
陰濕／阴湿 (jam¹ sap¹) (Cantonese)
陰險／阴险 (yīnxiǎn)
頑惡／顽恶 (wánwù) (literary)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
圓	滑
えん Jinmeiyō	かつ Grade: S
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 圓滑 – see the following entry.

【円滑えんかつ】

smooth, trouble-free

(This term, 圓滑, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

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