委wai2婉jyun2

wai2 jyun2wěi wǎn

English

tactful
euphemistic
(of voice etc) suave
soft
(of speech) indirect; mild; tactful, in order to avoid listeners being embarrassed

粵語 — Cantonese

（説話）唔直接表達，以免令人尷尬或者難受

Examples

委婉語
euphemism

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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