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委曲

委曲

Chinese

		give up; indeed; to commission give up; indeed; to commission; crooked	tune; song; bent tune; song; bent; crooked; wrong
simp. and trad. (委曲)		委	曲

Adjective

委曲

curved; winding; meandering; sinuous; devious; tortuous

Noun

委曲

course of events; the full story

Verb

委曲

to resign oneself to

See also

(not to be confused with) 委屈 (wěiqu)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): wěiqū

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˇ ㄑㄩ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wai² ****¹
Min Nan (POJ): úi-khiok

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: wěiqū
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ ㄑㄩ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woeichiu
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wai² ****¹
  - Yale: wái kūk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai² ****⁷
  - IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯³⁵ kʰʊk̚⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: úi-khiok
  - Tâi-lô: uí-khiok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: uy'qiog
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰiɔk̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɔk̚³²/