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撫慰

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

Verb

撫慰

to console; to pacify; to soothe

Derived terms

撫慰金／抚慰金 (fǔwèijīn)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): fǔwèi

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˇ ㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fu² wai³
Min Nan (POJ): hú-ùi / bú-ùi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: fǔwèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˇ ㄨㄟˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuuwey
  - IPA ^(key): /fu²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ u̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: fu² wai³
  - Yale: fú wai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fu² wai³
  - IPA ^(key): /fuː³⁵ wɐi̯³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hú-ùi
  - Tâi-lô: hú-uì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hwuix
  - IPA (Taipei): /hu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ui¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ui²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ui²¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bú-ùi
  - Tâi-lô: bú-uì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bwuix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ui²¹/