含蓄

Chinese

		to keep; to contain	to store
trad. (含蓄)		含	蓄
simp. #(含蓄)		含	蓄
alternative forms		涵蓄

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hánxù

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄢˊ ㄒㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ham⁴ cuk¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hâm-thiok / hâm-hiok

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hánxù
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˊ ㄒㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hánsyù
    • Wade–Giles: han²-hsü⁴
    • Yale: hán-syù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: harnshiuh
    • Palladius: ханьсюй (xanʹsjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xän³⁵ ɕy⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ham⁴ cuk¹
    • Yale: hàhm chūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ham⁴ tsuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: hem⁴ cug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐm²¹ t͡sʰʊk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hâm-thiok
    • Tâi-lô: hâm-thiok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hamtiog
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ham²³⁻³³ tʰiɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ham²⁴⁻²² tʰiɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ham²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰiɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ham²⁴⁻²² tʰiɔk̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hâm-hiok
    • Tâi-lô: hâm-hiok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hamhiog
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ham¹³⁻²² hiɔk̚³²/

Adjective

含蓄

1. implicit; implied; unspoken
2. (of a criticism) veiled; covert
3. (of a person) reserved; quiet; reticent

Synonyms

• (reserved):

• 委婉 (wěiwǎn)
• 婉轉／婉转 (wǎnzhuǎn)
• 深沉 (shēnchén)
• 策略 (cèlüè)

 

See also

• 收斂／收敛 (shōuliǎn)

Verb

含蓄

1. to contain; to embody

Synonyms

• 儲藏／储藏 (chǔcáng)
• 包 (literary, or in compounds)
• 包含 (bāohán)
• 包孕 (bāoyùn)
• 包容 (bāoróng)
• 包括 (bāokuò)
• 包羅／包罗 (bāoluó)
• 包舉／包举 (bāojǔ) (literary)
• 包蘊／包蕴 (bāoyùn)
• 含
• 含有 (hányǒu)
• 囊括 (nángkuò)
• 容納／容纳 (róngnà)
• 涵括 (hánkuò)
• 涵蓋／涵盖 (hángài)
• 蘊含／蕴含 (yùnhán)
• 蘊涵／蕴涵 (yùnhán)
• 蘊藏／蕴藏 (yùncáng)
• 貯藏／贮藏 (zhùcáng)
• 連／连