寬慰

寬慰

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuānwèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄢ ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fun¹ wai³
• Min Nan (POJ): khoan-ùi / khoan-ùiⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: kuānwèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄢ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuanwey
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯än⁵⁵ u̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: fun¹ wai³
    • Yale: fūn wai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fun¹ wai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: fun¹ wei³
    • IPA ^(key): /fuːn⁵⁵ wɐi̯³³/
• Min Nan
  • (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

1. to comfort; to console; to soothe

Synonyms

• 安慰 (ānwèi)
• 撫慰／抚慰 (fǔwèi)

Adjective

寬慰

1. relieved; reassured