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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wěiqū

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˇ ㄑㄩ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wai² kuk¹
Min Nan (POJ): úi-khiok

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: wěiqū
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ ㄑㄩ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woeichiu
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wěicyu
  - IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯˨˩˦꜕꜖꜖ t͡ɕʰy˥/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wai² kuk¹
  - Yale: wái kūk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai² kuk⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei² kug¹
  - IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯˧˥ kʰʊk˥/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: úi-khiok
  - Tâi-lô: uí-khiok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: uy'qiog
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ui˥˧꜓꜓ kʰiɔk˧˨/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ui˥˥˦꜕꜓ kʰiɔk˥/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui˥˧꜓꜓ kʰiɔk˧˨/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ui˥˧꜓꜓ kʰiɔk˧˨/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui˦˩꜓꜓ kʰiɔk˧˨/

Middle Chinese: /ʔˠiuᴇ^X kʰɨok̚/▼

Rime
Character	委	曲
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	支 (14)	燭 (8)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	Chongniu III	III
Fanqie	於詭切	丘玉切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠiuᴇ^X/	/kʰɨok̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷᵚiɛ^X/	/kʰiok̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuɛ^X/	/kʰiok̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔjwiə̆^X/	/kʰuawk̚/
Li Rong	/ʔjue^X/	/kʰiok̚/
Wang Li	/ǐwe^X/	/kʰĭwok̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔwie̯^X/	/kʰi̯wok̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wěi	qu

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	‹ ʔjwe^X ›	‹ 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

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)

Derived terms

委曲成全

委曲求全 (wěiqūqiúquán)

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ikʲo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

委曲 (hiragana いきょく, rōmaji ikyoku)

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