委曲求全

委曲求全

Chinese

		give up; indeed; to commission give up; indeed; to commission; crooked	tune; song; bent tune; song; bent; crooked; wrong	to seek; to look for; to request to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech	all; whole; entire all; whole; entire; every; complete
simp. and trad. (委曲求全)		委	曲	求	全

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wěiqūqiúquán

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˇ ㄑㄩ ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄑㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai² kuk¹ kau⁴ cyun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: wěiqūqiúquán
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ ㄑㄩ ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄑㄩㄢˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woeichiuchyouchyuan
    • IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai² kuk¹ kau⁴ cyun⁴
    • Yale: wái kūk kàuh chyùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai² kuk⁷ kau⁴ tsyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei² kug¹ keo⁴ qun⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯³⁵ kʰʊk̚⁵ kʰɐu̯²¹ t͡ʃʰyːn²¹/

Idiom

委曲求全

1. stoop to compromise; accept a compromise; compromise out of consideration for the general interest