扶危

Chinese

		to support with hand; to help someone up; to help	danger; to endanger
simp. and trad. (扶危)		扶	危

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fúwēi, fúwéi

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ ㄨㄟ, ㄈㄨˊ ㄨㄟˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fúwēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fúwei
    • Wade–Giles: fu²-wei¹
    • Yale: fú-wēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwuuei
    • Palladius: фувэй (fuvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵ weɪ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fúwéi
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄨㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fúwéi
    • Wade–Giles: fu²-wei²
    • Yale: fú-wéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwuwei
    • Palladius: фувэй (fuvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵/

Verb

扶危

1. (literary) to aid someone in crisis

   • 末年益甚，無復知所負荷、有扶危持顛之心。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     末年益甚，无复知所负荷、有扶危持颠之心。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. late 9^th century, Du Guangting,《虯髯客傳》, translated as The Man with the Curly Beard by Yang Xianyi & Gladys Yang

     Mònián yì shèn, wú fù zhī suǒ fùhè, yǒu fúwēi chídiān zhī xīn. [Pinyin]

     He became worse, too, in his old age when, forgetting his duty to his sovereign, he made no attempt to save the realm from utter ruin.

Derived terms

• 救困扶危 (jiù kùn fúwēi)

Noun

扶危

1. (～卦) A combination 二上四中 in the Lingqijing.