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

implicit; implied; unspoken
(of a criticism) veiled; covert
(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

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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
含	蓄
がん Grade: S	ちく Grade: S
kan'yōon	on'yomi

Etymology

含(がん) (gan, “full”) + 蓄(ちく) (chiku, “store”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɡã̠ɲ̟t͡ɕikɯ̟]

Adjective

含(がん)蓄(ちく) • (ganchiku)

comprehensive, full of significance