Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- wèi
English
- comfort, console, calm
- to comfort
- to console
- to reassure
- to comfort
粵語
- 令人覺得舒服啲
As a component in
Words containing 慰
- 安慰on1 wai3
to comfort; to console
- 自慰zi6 wai3
to console oneself
- 慰問wai3 man6
to express sympathy, greetings, consolation etc
- 欣慰jan1 wai3
to be gratified
- 撫慰fu2 wai3
to console
- 慰藉wai3 zik6
to console; to comfort
- 快慰faai3 wai3
to feel pleased
- 慰勞wai3 lou4
to show appreciation (by kind words, small gifts etc)
- 寬慰fun1 wai3
to console
- 慰安婦wai3 on1 fu5
comfort woman (woman or girl forced into sex slavery by the Japanese military 1937-1945) (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 慰安婦 "ianfu")
- 勸慰hyun3 wai3
to console
- 安慰獎on1 wai3 zoeng2
consolation prize
- 安慰劑on1 wai3 zai1
placebo
- 神慰san4 wai3
spiritual consolation
- 弔慰diu3 wai3
to offer condolences
- 慰問金wai3 man6 gam1
condolence payment; compensation given in cases of bereavement, serious injury or hardship
- 撫慰金fu2 wai3 gam1
pension or lump-sum payment for the injured or for the family of the deceased
- 自我安慰zi6 ngo5 on1 wai3
to comfort oneself
- 慰唁wai3 jin6
to console
- 慰留wai3 lau4
to persuade (employees) to stay; to urge someone to stay on
- 告慰gou3 wai3
to comfort; to console
- 慰籍wai3 zik6
- 慰問信wai3 man6 seon3
Condolence letters
- 老懷安慰lou5 waai4 on1 wai3
to feel pleased after knowing that the juniors have achieved their ambitions