溫柔

See also: 温柔

Chinese

		(luke)warm; to review	soft
trad. (溫柔/温柔)		溫/温	柔
simp. (温柔)		温	柔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wēnróu

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣ ㄖㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wan¹ jau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): un-liû / un-jiû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wēnróu
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣ ㄖㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wunróu
    • Wade–Giles: wên¹-jou²
    • Yale: wēn-róu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uenrou
    • Palladius: вэньжоу (vɛnʹžou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən⁵⁵ ʐoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wan¹ jau⁴
    • Yale: wān yàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wan¹ jau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wen¹ yeo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐn⁵⁵ jɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: un-liû
    • Tâi-lô: un-liû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: unliuu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /un⁴⁴⁻²² liu²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /un⁴⁴⁻³³ liu²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /un³³ liu²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: un-jiû
    • Tâi-lô: un-jiû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: unjiuu
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /un⁴⁴⁻²² d͡ziu¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /un⁴⁴⁻³³ ziu²³/

Adjective

溫柔

1. (of a person, especially a woman) loving; gentle; sweet

   放鬆，別怕，我會很溫柔的。 [MSC, trad.]
   放松，别怕，我会很温柔的。 [MSC, simp.]

   Fàngsōng, bié pà, wǒ huì hěn wēnróu de. [Pinyin]

   Relax. Don't be afraid. I will be gentle.

Synonyms

• (loving):

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• 平和
• 平易 (píngyì)
• 惠 (huì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 柔和 (róuhé) (also of sound, voice, colour, lighting, etc.)
• 柔弱 (róuruò)
• 柔順 / 柔顺 (róushùn)
• 溫和 / 温和
• 溫存 / 温存 (wēncún)

 

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “loving”): 粗暴 (cūbào)

Derived terms

• 溫柔敦厚 / 温柔敦厚
• 溫柔鄉 / 温柔乡
• 腼腆溫柔

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (溫柔):

• → Japanese: 温(おん)柔(じゅう) (onjū)
• → Korean: 온유(溫柔) (onyu)

References

• “Entry #9683”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.