| yū | literal-minded |
| 迂 | literal-minded pedantic doctrinaire |
| 迂儒 | unrealistic pedantic and impractical |
| 迂回 | roundabout route circuitous tortuous |
| 迂回奔袭 | to attack from an unexpected direction |
| 迂回战术 | outflanking tactics |
| 迂回曲折 | meandering and circuitous (idiom); complicated developments that never get anywhere going around in circles |
| 迂夫子 | pedant old fogey |
| 迂执 | pedantic and stubborn |
| 迂拘 | conventional conservative |
| 迂拙 | stupid impractical |
| 迂曲 | circuitous tortuous roundabout |
| 迂气 | pedantry |
| 迂滞 | high-sounding and impractical |
| 迂直 | impractical and artless |
| 迂磨 | sluggish delaying |
| 迂缓 | dilatory slow in movement roundabout |
| 迂腐 | pedantic trite inflexible |
| 迂见 | absurd opinion pedantic and unrealistic view |
| 迂讷 | overcautious conservative and dull in conversation |
| 迂论 | unrealistic argument high flown and impractical opinion |