委婉
wěi​wǎn HSK7

tactful

委婉 wěi​wǎn
tactful adjective
polite and indirect in speech or expression; euphemistic

她说话很委婉，从不直接伤人的面子。

tā shuō​huà hěn wěi​wǎn, cóng bù zhí​jiē shāng​rén de miàn​zi.

She speaks very tactfully and never directly hurts anyone's feelings.

soft adjective
(of voice, music, etc.) suave, smooth, and pleasant to the ear

这首曲子旋律委婉，十分动人。

zhè shǒu qǔ​zi xuán​lǜ wěi​wǎn, shí​fēn dòng​rén.

The melody of this piece is soft and winding, and very moving.

Frequency
Movie subtitles
2.21 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
2.69 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 7

Cross-References

Has variant

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)