婉拒

Chinese

		graceful; tactful	to resist; to repel; to refuse
trad. (婉拒)		婉	拒
simp. ^#(婉拒)		婉	拒

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wǎnjù

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˇ ㄐㄩˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun² keoi⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): oán-kī

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wǎnjù
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˇ ㄐㄩˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wǎnjyù
  - Wade–Giles: wan³-chü⁴
  - Yale: wǎn-jyù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woanjiuh
  - Palladius: ваньцзюй (vanʹczjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕy⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyun² keoi⁵
  - Yale: yún kéuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyn² koey⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: yun² kêu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn³⁵ kʰɵy̯¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oán-kī
  - Tâi-lô: uán-kī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oafnki
  - IPA (Xiamen): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ki²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /uan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ki⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ki²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ki³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /uan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ki³³/

Verb

婉拒

to politely decline
- 萬一你最後是個好人　婉拒你的好　會否今生更暗 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
  万一你最后是个好人　婉拒你的好　会否今生更暗 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]
  From: 2023, 黃偉文 [Wyman Wong] (lyrics), 林家謙 [Terence Lam] (music), 萬一你是個好人, performed by 林家謙 [Terence Lam]
  maan⁶ jat¹ nei⁵ zeoi³ hau⁶ si⁶ go³ hou² jan⁴, jyun² keoi⁵ nei⁵ dik¹ hou², wui⁵ fau² gam¹ sang¹ gang³ am³ [Jyutping]
  In case you are a good person in the end, if I politely decline your goodness, would this life be darker?

Synonyms

婉辭／婉辞 (wǎncí)
客氣／客气
推免 (tuīmiǎn) (literary)
推卻／推却 (tuīquè)
推絕／推绝 (tuījué)
推謝／推谢 (tuīxiè)
推辭／推辞 (tuīcí)
禮讓／礼让 (lǐràng)
謝絕／谢绝 (xièjué)
謙讓／谦让 (qiānràng)
辭讓／辞让 (círàng)
退讓／退让 (tuìràng)

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