# 委曲
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wěiqū
    (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˇ ㄑㄩ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): wai$^2$ kuk$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): úi-khiok
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wěiqū
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ ㄑㄩ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wěicyu
*** Wade–Giles: wei$^3$-chʻü$^1$
*** Yale: wěi-chyū
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woeichiu
*** Palladius: вэйцюй (vɛjcjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: wai$^2$ kuk$^1$
*** Yale: wái kūk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wai$^2$ kuk$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wei$^2$ kug$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /wɐi̯³⁵ kʰʊk̚⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: úi-khiok
*** Tâi-lô: uí-khiok
*** Phofsit Daibuun: uy'qiog
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɔk̚³²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰiɔk̚⁵/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɔk̚³²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɔk̚³²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɔk̚³²/
* Middle Chinese: 'jweX khjowk
Rime :
| Character | 委 | 曲 |
| Reading # | 2/2 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) | 溪 (29) |
| Final (韻) | 支 (14) | 燭 (8) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 於詭切 | 丘玉切 |
| Baxter | 'jweX | khjowk |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʔˠiuᴇ$^X$/ | /kʰɨok̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʔʷᵚiɛ$^X$/ | /kʰiok̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʔiuɛ$^X$/ | /kʰiok̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʔjwiə̆$^X$/ | /kʰuawk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /ʔjue$^X$/ | /kʰiok̚/ |
| Wang Li | /ǐwe$^X$/ | /kʰĭwok̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ʔwie̯$^X$/ | /kʰi̯wok̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | wěi | qu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | wai$^2$ | huk$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*q(r)orʔ kʰ(r)ok/
    (Zhengzhang): /*qrolʔ kʰoɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 委 | 曲 |
| Reading # | 4/4 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | wěi | qū |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ ʔjwe$^X$ › | ‹ khjowk › |
| Old Chinese | /*q(r)orʔ/ | /*kʰ(r)ok/ |
| English | bend; hang down | to bend |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 委 | 曲 |
| Reading # | 2/2 | 1/1 |
| No. | 12903 | 10578 |
| Phonetic component | 委 | 曲 |
| Rime group | 歌 | 屋 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 委 | 曲 |
| Old Chinese | /*qrolʔ/ | /*kʰoɡ/ |

### Adjective

委曲
* curved; winding; meandering; sinuous; devious; tortuous

#### Synonyms

* 曲折 (qūzhé)
* 彎曲／弯曲 (wānqū)
* 迂迴／迂回 (yūhuí)

### Noun

委曲
* course of events; the full story

#### Synonyms

* 事情經過／事情经过 (shìqíng jīngguò)
* 事由 (shìyóu)
* 原委 (yuánwěi)
* 始末 (shǐmò)
* 本末 (běnmò)
* 究竟 (jiūjìng)
* 經過／经过 (jīngguò)

### Verb

委曲
* to resign oneself to

#### Synonyms

* 勉強／勉强
* 好賴／好赖 (hǎolài)
* 將就／将就 (jiāngjiù)
* 湊合／凑合 (colloquial)
* 糊弄 (hùnong) (colloquial)

### Derived terms

* 委曲成全
* 委曲求全 (wěiqūqiúquán)

### See also

* (not to be confused with) 委屈 (wěiqu)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 委 | 曲 |
| い Grade: 3 | きょく Grade: 3 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ikʲo̞kɯ̟]

### Noun

委(い)曲(きょく) • (ikyoku)
* all the details