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

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

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)