遠慮

See also: 远虑

Chinese

		far; distant; remote	anxiety
trad. (遠慮)		遠	慮
simp. (远虑)		远	虑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuǎnlǜ

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˇ ㄌㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁵ leoi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuǎnlǜ
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˇ ㄌㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuǎnlyù
    • Wade–Giles: yüan³-lü⁴
    • Yale: ywǎn-lyù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeuanliuh
    • Palladius: юаньлюй (juanʹljuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ly⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun⁵ leoi⁶
    • Yale: yúhn leuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁵ loey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁵ lêu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn¹³ lɵy̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: hjwonX ljoH

Rime
Character	遠	慮
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	云 (35)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	元 (66)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	雲阮切	良倨切
Baxter	hjwonX	ljoH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦʉɐnX/	/lɨʌH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷiɐnX/	/liɔH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiuɐnX/	/liɔH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦuanX/	/lɨə̆H/
Li Rong	/ɣiuɐnX/	/liɔH/
Wang Li	/ɣĭwɐnX/	/lĭoH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯wɐnX/	/li̯woH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yuǎn	lǜ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyun5	leoi6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.ɢʷanʔ  [r]a-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷanʔ  ras/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	遠	慮
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yuǎn	lǜ
Middle Chinese	‹ hjwonX ›	‹ ljoH ›
Old Chinese	/*C.ɢʷanʔ/	/*[r]a-s/
English	far	think, consider
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	遠	慮
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	16226	5241
Phonetic component	袁	虍
Rime group	元	魚
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	遠	慮
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷanʔ/	/*ras/

Noun

遠慮

1. foresight; long view

Antonyms

• 近憂／近忧 (jìnyōu)

Verb

遠慮

1. to plan far ahead

Derived terms

• 人無遠慮，必有近憂／人无远虑，必有近忧 (rén wú yuǎnlǜ, bì yǒu jìnyōu)
• 深謀遠慮／深谋远虑 (shēnmóuyuǎnlǜ)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (遠慮):

• → Japanese: 遠慮(えんりょ) (enryo)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
遠	慮
えん Grade: 2	りょ Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) えんりょ [éꜜǹryò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) えんりょ [èńryó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ẽ̞n̺ɾʲo̞]

Noun

遠(えん)慮(りょ) • (enryo) ^{←ゑんりよ (wenryo)?}

1. reserve

   遠慮(えんりょ)なくどうぞ。

   Enryo naku dōzo.

   Please do not hesitate.

2. forethought, foresight

Verb

遠(えん)慮(りょ)する • (enryo suru) ^{←ゑんりよ (wenryo)?}transitive or intransitive suru (stem 遠(えん)慮(りょ)し (enryo shi), past 遠(えん)慮(りょ)した (enryo shita))

1. to restrain oneself; to have restraint; to be reserved; to hold back
2. to refrain from (doing something)
3. to stand on ceremony

Usage notes

• When used in response to a request or offer, this can be translated as no thanks or "I'm fine, thanks."

Conjugation

Conjugation of "遠慮する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	遠慮し	えんりょし	enryo shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	遠慮し	えんりょし	enryo shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	遠慮する	えんりょする	enryo suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	遠慮する	えんりょする	enryo suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	遠慮すれ	えんりょすれ	enryo sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	遠慮せよ¹ 遠慮しろ²	えんりょせよ¹ えんりょしろ²	enryo seyo¹ enryo shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	遠慮される	えんりょされる	enryo sareru
Causative	遠慮させる 遠慮さす	えんりょさせる えんりょさす	enryo saseru enryo sasu
Potential	遠慮できる	えんりょできる	enryo dekiru
Volitional	遠慮しよう	えんりょしよう	enryo shiyō
Negative	遠慮しない	えんりょしない	enryo shinai
Negative continuative	遠慮せず	えんりょせず	enryo sezu
Formal	遠慮します	えんりょします	enryo shimasu
Perfective	遠慮した	えんりょした	enryo shita
Conjunctive	遠慮して	えんりょして	enryo shite
Hypothetical conditional	遠慮すれば	えんりょすれば	enryo sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative