彎曲

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See also: 弯曲

Chinese

		bend; bent	tune; song; bent tune; song; bent; crooked; wrong
trad. (彎曲)		彎	曲
simp. (弯曲)		弯	曲
alternative forms		彎蹺／弯跷 Min Nan

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wānqū

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄢㄑㄩ
Cantonese (Jyutping): waan¹ kuk¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): oan-khiok / oan-khiau

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wānqū
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄢㄑㄩ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wancyu
  - Wade–Giles: wan¹-chʻü¹
  - Yale: wān-chyū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uanchiu
  - Palladius: ваньцюй (vanʹcjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: waan¹ kuk¹
  - Yale: wāan kūk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: waan¹ kuk⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: wan¹ kug¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːn⁵⁵ kʰʊk̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oan-khiok
  - Tâi-lô: uan-khiok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oanqiog
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /uan³³ kʰiɔk̚⁵/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /uan⁴⁴⁻²² kʰiɔk̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oan-khiau
  - Tâi-lô: uan-khiau
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oanqiaw
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /uan³³ kʰiau³³/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /uan⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰiau⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /uan⁴⁴⁻²² kʰiau⁴⁴/

Adjective

彎曲

bent
meandering; winding

Synonyms

(bent): (Min Nan) 彎蹺／弯跷
(meandering): 曲折 (qūzhé), 委曲 (wěiqū), 迂迴／迂回 (yūhuí)

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of "bent"): 筆直／笔直 (bǐzhí), (Hokkien) 直弄宋

Verb

彎曲

to bend; to curve
to warp; to distort

Synonyms

(to bend): 弓 (gōng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (彎曲):

→ Japanese: 湾曲(わんきょく) (wankyoku)
→ Korean: 만곡(彎曲) (man'gok)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
彎	曲
わん Hyōgaiji	きょく Grade: 3
on’yomi

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

【湾曲わんきょく】

to curve, to bend

Alternative spelling
弯曲

(This term, 彎曲, is the kyūjitai of an alternative spelling (弯曲) of the above term.)

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