委曲

委曲

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wěiqū

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˇ ㄑㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai² kuk¹
• Min Nan (POJ): úi-khiok

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wěiqū
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ ㄑㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wěicyu
    • Wade–Giles: wei³-chʻü¹
    • Yale: wěi-chyū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woeichiu
    • Palladius: вэйцюй (vɛjcjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai² kuk¹
    • Yale: wái kūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai² kuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei² kug¹
    • Sinological 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/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʔˠiuᴇ^X  kʰɨok̚/

Rime
Character	委	曲
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	支 (14)	鍾 (8)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	於詭切	丘玉切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠiuᴇX/	/kʰɨok̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷᵚiɛX/	/kʰiok̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuɛX/	/kʰiok̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔjwiə̆X/	/kʰuawk̚/
Li Rong	/ʔjueX/	/kʰiok̚/
Wang Li	/ǐweX/	/kʰĭwok̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔwie̯X/	/kʰi̯wok̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wěi	ku
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wai2	huk1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*q(r)orʔ  kʰ(r)ok/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qrolʔ  kʰoɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	委	曲
Reading #	4/4	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wěi	qū
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔjweX ›	‹ khjowk ›
Old Chinese	/*q(r)orʔ/	/*kʰ(r)ok/
English	bend; hang down	to bend
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	委	曲
Reading #	2/2	1/1
No.	12903	10578
Phonetic component	委	曲
Rime group	歌	屋
Rime subdivision	3	0
Corresponding MC rime	委	曲
Old Chinese	/*qrolʔ/	/*kʰoɡ/

Adjective

委曲

1. curved; winding; meandering; sinuous; devious; tortuous

Synonyms

• 曲折 (qūzhé)
• 彎曲／弯曲 (wānqū)
• 迂迴／迂回 (yūhuí)

Noun

委曲

1. course of events; the full story

Synonyms

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事由 (shìyóu) 原委 (yuánwěi) 始末 (shǐmò) 本末 (běnmò)

究竟 (jiūjìng) 事情經過／事情经过 (shìqíng jīngguò) 經過／经过 (jīngguò)

Verb

委曲

1. to resign oneself to

Synonyms

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糊弄 (hùnong) (colloquial) 勉強／勉强 (miǎnqiǎng) 好賴／好赖 (hǎolài)

將就／将就 (jiāngjiù) 湊合／凑合 (còuhe) (colloquial)

Derived terms

委曲成全

委曲求全 (wěiqūqiúquán)

See also

• (not to be confused with) 委屈 (wěiqu)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
委	曲
い Grade: 3	きょく Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ikʲo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

委(い)曲(きょく) • (ikyoku) 

1. all the details