含蓄
hánxù
reserved; implicit
Characters in this word
蓄 xù
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- Made of
- 艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 畜 livestock, domestic animals
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 她的批评很含蓄，却让在场的人都明白问题所在。 Tā de pīpíng hěn hánxù, què ràng zàichǎng de rén dōu míngbai wèntí suǒzài. Her criticism was restrained, yet everyone present understood where the problem lay.
- 他表达感情很含蓄，很少直接说出口。 Tā biǎodá gǎnqíng hěn hánxù, hěn shǎo zhíjiē shuō chūkǒu. He expresses feelings in a reserved way and rarely says them outright.
- 这首诗写得很含蓄，要多读几遍才懂。 Zhè shǒu shī xiě de hěn hánxù, yào duō dú jǐ biàn cái dǒng. This poem is quite subtle and takes several readings to understand.
Related words
- 包含 bāohán to include; to contain
- 含 hán to contain
- 含量 hánliàng content; amount contained
- 含义 hányì meaning
- 含有 hányǒu to have inside
- 富含 fùhán to be rich in; to contain plenty of
- 含糊 hánhu vague; ambiguous
- 隐含 yǐnhán to imply; to contain implicitly
- 蕴含 yùnhán to contain; to imply
- 储蓄 chǔxù to save, to deposit; savings
- 积蓄 jīxù to accumulate; savings
- 暧昧 àimèi ambiguous; dubious; flirtatious