慰安婦

See also: 慰安妇

Chinese

		to comfort; to console	woman
trad. (慰安婦)		慰安	婦
simp. (慰安妇)		慰安	妇

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 慰安婦(いあんふ) (ianfu).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wèi'ānfù

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ ㄢ ㄈㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai³ on¹ fu⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vi-ôn-fu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wèi'ānfù
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄢ ㄈㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wèi-anfù
    • Wade–Giles: wei⁴-an¹-fu⁴
    • Yale: wèi-ān-fù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weyanfuh
    • Palladius: вэйаньфу (vɛjanʹfu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹ ˀän⁵⁵ fu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai³ on¹ fu⁵
    • Yale: wai ōn fúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai³ on¹ fu⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei³ on¹ fu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯³³ ɔːn⁵⁵ fuː¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vi-ôn-fu
    • Hakka Romanization System: vi on´ fu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vi⁴ on¹ fu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /vi⁵⁵ on²⁴⁻¹¹ fu⁵⁵/

Noun

慰安婦

1. comfort woman (woman forced to serve the Japanese military during the Pacific War)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
慰	安	婦
い Grade: S	あん Grade: 3	ふ Grade: 5
on’yomi		kan’yōon

Etymology

Compound of 慰安 (ian, “consolation, comfort”) +‎ 婦 (fu, “a woman”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いあ​んふ [ìáꜜǹfù] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [iã̠ɰ̃ɸɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

慰(い)安(あん)婦(ふ) • (ianfu) ^{←ゐあんふ (wianfu)?}

1. a comfort woman: a woman forced to serve soldiers as a prostitute
2. (more specifically) such a woman forced to serve the Japanese military during the Pacific War

Korean

Hanja in this term
慰	安	婦

Noun

慰安婦 • (wianbu) (hangeul 위안부)

1. Hanja form^? of 위안부 (“comfort woman”).