溫吞

See also: 温吞

Chinese

		(luke)warm; to review	to swallow; to take
trad. (溫吞/温吞)		溫/温	吞
simp. (温吞)		温	吞

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wēntūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣ ㄊㄨㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wan¹ tan¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): un-thun

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wēntūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣ ㄊㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wuntun
    • Wade–Giles: wên¹-tʻun¹
    • Yale: wēn-twūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uentuen
    • Palladius: вэньтунь (vɛnʹtunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən⁵⁵ tʰu̯ən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wan¹ tan¹
    • Yale: wān tān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wan¹ tan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wen¹ ten¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐn⁵⁵ tʰɐn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: un-thun
    • Tâi-lô: un-thun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: untwn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /un⁴⁴⁻²² tʰun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /un³³ tʰun³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /un⁴⁴⁻²² tʰun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /un⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /un⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰun⁴⁴/

Adjective

溫吞

1. lukewarm; neither hot nor cold
2. (of a person) slow and passive; unenthusiastic

Synonyms

• (neither hot nor cold): (Hokkien) 半燒冷／半烧冷, 半燒凊／半烧凊

Derived terms

• 溫吞吞／温吞吞
• 溫吞水／温吞水 (wēntūnshuǐ)
• 溫溫吞吞／温温吞吞