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告慰

告慰

Chinese

		to tell; to inform; to say	reassure
simp. and trad. (告慰)		告	慰

Verb

告慰

to console; to comfort

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): gàowèi

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄠˋ ㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gou³ wai³
Min Nan (POJ): kò͘-ùi / kò-ùi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: gàowèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄠˋ ㄨㄟˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gawwey
  - IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ u̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gou³ wai³
  - Yale: gou wai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gou³ wai³
  - IPA ^(key): /kou̯³³ wɐi̯³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kò͘-ùi
  - Tâi-lô: kòo-uì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koruix
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ui⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kò-ùi
  - Tâi-lô: kò-uì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koiruix
  - IPA (Taipei): /ko¹¹⁻⁵³ ui¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ ui²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kɤ²¹⁻⁵³ ui²¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɤ²¹⁻⁵³ ui²¹/