慰問

See also: 慰问

Chinese

		reassure	to ask
trad. (慰問)		慰	問
simp. (慰问)		慰	问

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wèiwèn

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ ㄨㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wai³ man⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): ùi-būn / ùiⁿ-būn / ùi-mn̄g / ùiⁿ-mūi

(Teochew, Peng'im): uê³ mung⁷

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wèiwèn
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄨㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wèiwùn
  - Wade–Giles: wei⁴-wên⁴
  - Yale: wèi-wèn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weywenn
  - Palladius: вэйвэнь (vɛjvɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ wən⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wai³ man⁶
  - Yale: wai mahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai³ man⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei³ men⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯³³ mɐn²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ùi-būn
  - Tâi-lô: uì-būn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: uie'bun
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ui²¹⁻⁵³ bun²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui²¹⁻⁴¹ bun³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ui¹¹⁻⁵³ bun³³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ui⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ bun⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ùiⁿ-būn
  - Tâi-lô: uìnn-būn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: vuie'bun
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /uĩ²¹⁻⁵³ bun²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ùi-mn̄g
  - Tâi-lô: uì-mn̄g
  - Phofsit Daibuun: uiemng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ui²¹⁻⁵³ mŋ̍²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ùiⁿ-mūi
  - Tâi-lô: uìnn-muī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: vuiemui
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /uĩ²¹⁻⁵³ muĩ²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: uê³ mung⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: uè mūng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ue²¹³⁻⁵⁵ muŋ¹¹/

Verb

慰問

to comfort; to console; to convey sympathy; to express condolences

Synonyms

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告慰 (gàowèi)
安慰 (ānwèi)
寬慰 / 宽慰 (kuānwèi)
慰撫 / 慰抚 (wèifǔ)
撫慰 / 抚慰 (fǔwèi)

Derived terms

Related terms

犒勞／犒劳 (kàoláo)
慰勞／慰劳 (wèiláo)