慰問

See also: 慰问

Chinese

		reassure	to ask
trad. (慰問)		慰	問
simp. (慰问)		慰	问

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wèiwèn

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ ㄨㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai³ man⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ùi-būn / ùiⁿ-būn / ùi-mn̄g / ùiⁿ-mūi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): uê³ mung⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wèiwèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄨㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wèiwùn
    • Wade–Giles: wei⁴-wên⁴
    • Yale: wèi-wèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weywenn
    • Palladius: вэйвэнь (vɛjvɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ wən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai³ man⁶
    • Yale: wai mahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai³ man⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei³ men⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯³³ mɐn²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ùi-būn
    • Tâi-lô: uì-būn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uie'bun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ui²¹⁻⁵³ bun²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui²¹⁻⁴¹ bun³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ui¹¹⁻⁵³ bun³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ui⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ bun⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ùiⁿ-būn
    • Tâi-lô: uìnn-būn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: vuie'bun
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /uĩ²¹⁻⁵³ bun²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ùi-mn̄g
    • Tâi-lô: uì-mn̄g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uiemng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ui²¹⁻⁵³ mŋ̍²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ùiⁿ-mūi
    • Tâi-lô: uìnn-muī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: vuiemui
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /uĩ²¹⁻⁵³ muĩ²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: uê³ mung⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: uè mūng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ue²¹³⁻⁵⁵ muŋ¹¹/

Verb

慰問

1. to comfort; to console; to convey sympathy; to express condolences

Synonyms

• 告慰 (gàowèi)
• 安慰 (ānwèi)
• 寬慰／宽慰 (kuānwèi)
• 慰撫／慰抚 (wèifǔ)
• 撫慰／抚慰 (fǔwèi)

 

Derived terms

• 慰問信／慰问信
• 慰問團／慰问团
• 慰問電／慰问电 (wèiwèndiàn)

 

Related terms

• 犒勞／犒劳 (kàoláo)
• 慰勞／慰劳 (wèiláo)