撫慰

See also: 抚慰

Chinese

		to comfort; touch gently with hand	reassure
trad. (撫慰)		撫	慰
simp. (抚慰)		抚	慰
anagram		慰撫／慰抚

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fǔwèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˇ ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu² wai³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hú-ùi / bú-ùi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bhu² uê³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fǔwèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˇ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fǔwèi
    • Wade–Giles: fu³-wei⁴
    • Yale: fǔ-wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuuwey
    • Palladius: фувэй (fuvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu² wai³
    • Yale: fú wai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu² wai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu² wei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː³⁵ wɐi̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hú-ùi
    • Tâi-lô: hú-uì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hwuix
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ui²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ui²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ui¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bú-ùi
    • Tâi-lô: bú-uì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bwuix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ui²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bhu² uê³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bú uè
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /bu⁵²⁻³⁵ ue²¹³/

Verb

撫慰

1. to console; to pacify; to soothe

Synonyms

• 告慰 (gàowèi)
• 安慰 (ānwèi)
• 寬慰／宽慰 (kuānwèi)
• 慰問／慰问 (wèiwèn)
• 慰撫／慰抚 (wèifǔ)

 

Derived terms

• 撫慰金／抚慰金 (fǔwèijīn)