委婉词

委婉詞
wěiwǎncí
euphemism

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 委婉 wěiwǎn
  1. tactful
  2. euphemistic
  3. (of voice etc) suave
  4. soft
=2 词 cí old variant of 词 cí
=2 词 cí
  1. word
  2. statement; speech; lyrics

classifier: 首

Related entries

委婉语 wěiwǎnyǔ euphemism
婉称 wǎnchēng euphemism (tactful expression for sth unpleasant such as death)
婉词 wǎncí euphemism
讳称 huìchēng
  1. euphemism
  2. word used to avoid a taboo reference