寬慰

Chinese

		lenient; wide; broad	reassure
trad. (寬慰)		寬	慰
simp. (宽慰)		宽	慰

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kuānwèi

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄢㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fun¹ wai³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khoan-ùi / khoan-ùiⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kuānwèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄢㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kuanwèi
  - Wade–Giles: kʻuan¹-wei⁴
  - Yale: kwān-wèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuanwey
  - Palladius: куаньвэй (kuanʹvɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯än⁵⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fun¹ wai³
  - Yale: fūn wai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fun¹ wai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: fun¹ wei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuːn⁵⁵ wɐi̯³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoan-ùi
  - Tâi-lô: khuan-uì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qoan'uix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰuan⁴⁴⁻²² ui²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰuan⁴⁴⁻³³ ui¹¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰuan³³ ui⁴¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰuan⁴⁴⁻³³ ui²¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoan-ùiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: khuan-uìnn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qoan'vuix
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰuan⁴⁴⁻²² uĩ²¹/

Verb

寬慰

to comfort; to console; to soothe

Synonyms

告慰 (gàowèi)
安慰 (ānwèi)
慰問 / 慰问 (wèiwèn)
慰撫 / 慰抚 (wèifǔ)
撫慰 / 抚慰 (fǔwèi)

Adjective

寬慰

relieved; reassured