Chinese word dictionary

委屈

wěiqu · to feel wronged; to cause sb to feel wronged; grievance

Practice word

Word information

Simplified委屈

Traditional委屈

Pinyinwěiqu

Part of speech形、动

HSK 3.06

HSK 2.05

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

委wěi

to appoint, to commission, to send

屈qū

to bend, to flex; bent, crooked, crouched

How to learn 委屈

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

Related vocabulary

Words with the same characters

Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.

委托wěituō

to entrust; to trust; to commission

评委píngwěi

evaluation committee; judging panel; judging panel member; adjudicator (abbr. for 評選委員會委員|评选委员会委员[ping2 xuan3 wei3 yuan2 hui4 wei3 yuan2])

屈服qūfú

to surrender; to succumb; to yield; (as a transitive verb) to defeat; to prevail over

委婉wěiwǎn

tactful; euphemistic; (of voice etc) suave; soft

委员wěiyuán

committee member

委员会wěiyuánhuì

committee; commission