彎曲

See also: 弯曲

Chinese

		bend; bent	tune; song; bent tune; song; bent; crooked; wrong
trad. (彎曲)		彎	曲
simp. (弯曲)		弯	曲
alternative forms		彎蹺／弯跷 Min Nan 𱍑曲 New Terr. Hakka

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wānqū

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢ ㄑㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waan¹ kuk¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): oan-khiok / oan-khiau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wānqū
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢ ㄑㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wancyu
    • Wade–Giles: wan¹-chʻü¹
    • Yale: wān-chyū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uanchiu
    • Palladius: ваньцюй (vanʹcjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waan¹ kuk¹
    • Yale: wāan kūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waan¹ kuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: wan¹ kug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːn⁵⁵ kʰʊk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oan-khiok
    • Tâi-lô: uan-khiok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oanqiog
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /uan³³ kʰiɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /uan⁴⁴⁻²² kʰiɔk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oan-khiau
    • Tâi-lô: uan-khiau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oanqiaw
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /uan³³ kʰiau³³/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /uan⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰiau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /uan⁴⁴⁻²² kʰiau⁴⁴/

Adjective

彎曲

1. bent
2. meandering; winding

Synonyms

• (bent): (Min Nan) 彎蹺／弯跷
• (meandering): 曲折 (qūzhé), 委曲 (wěiqū), 迂迴／迂回 (yūhuí)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “bent”): 筆直／笔直 (bǐzhí), (Hokkien) 直弄宋

Verb

彎曲

1. to bend; to curve
2. to warp; to distort

Synonyms

• (to bend): 弓 (gōng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (彎曲):

• → Japanese: 湾曲(わんきょく) (wankyoku)
• → Korean: 만곡(彎曲) (man'gok)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
彎	曲
わん Hyōgai	きょく Grade: 3
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 彎曲 – see the following entry.

【湾曲わんきょく】 [noun] curvature [verb] to curve, to bend Alternative spelling 弯曲

(This term, 彎曲, is the kyūjitai of an alternative spelling (弯曲) of the above term.)