委婉詞

委婉词
wěiwǎncí
euphemism

CEDICT

Entry Composition

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

classifier: 首

Related entries

委婉語 wěiwǎnyǔ euphemism
婉稱 wǎnchēng euphemism (tactful expression for sth unpleasant such as death)
婉詞 wǎncí euphemism
諱稱 huìchēng
  1. euphemism
  2. word used to avoid a taboo reference