自慰

Chinese

		from; self; oneself from; self; oneself; since	reassure
trad. (自慰)		自	慰
simp. #(自慰)		自	慰

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zìwèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ wai³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chīr-ùi / chū-ùi / chū-ùiⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zìwèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zìhwèi
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-wei⁴
    • Yale: dz̀-wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhwey
    • Palladius: цзывэй (czyvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ weɪ̯⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 自慰 自衛／自卫

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi⁶ wai³
    • Yale: jih wai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ wai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ wei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² wɐi̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chīr-ùi
    • Tâi-lô: tsīr-uì
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ⁴¹⁻²² ui⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chū-ùi
    • Tâi-lô: tsū-uì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuxuix
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su³³⁻²¹ ui²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡su³³⁻¹¹ ui¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡su²²⁻²¹ ui²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chū-ùiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsū-uìnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zux'vuix
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su²²⁻²¹ uĩ²¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 自慰

1. self-consolation; making oneself feel better
2. (euphemistic) masturbation

Verb

自慰

1. to console oneself; to make oneself feel better
2. (euphemistic) to masturbate

Synonyms

• (console oneself): 自我安慰
• (masturbate): 手淫 (shǒuyín), 自瀆／自渎 (zìdú); (of men) 打飛機／打飞机 (dǎ fēijī), 打手槍／打手枪 (dǎ shǒuqiāng), 打槍／打枪 (dǎqiāng), 拍手銃／拍手铳; (Hakka) 洩手銃／泄手铳; (Min Nan) 拍手銃／拍手铳

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
自	慰
じ Grade: 2	い Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

/d͡ʑiwi/ → /d͡ʑii/

From Middle Chinese 自慰 (d͡ziɪ^H ʔʉi^H, literally “self + console”).

Noun

自(じ)慰(い) • (jii) ^{←じゐ (ziwi)?}

1. (rare) self-consolation, making oneself feel better
2. (medicine) masturbation

Synonyms

• (masturbation): オナニー (onanī), 手(しゅ)淫(いん) (shuin), 自(じ)涜(とく) (jitoku)

Verb

自(じ)慰(い)する • (jii suru) ^{←じゐ (ziwi)?}suru (stem 自(じ)慰(い)し (jii shi), past 自(じ)慰(い)した (jii shita))

1. to console oneself, to make oneself feel better
2. to masturbate

Conjugation

Conjugation of "自慰する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	自慰し	じいし	jī shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	自慰し	じいし	jī shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	自慰する	じいする	jī suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	自慰する	じいする	jī suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	自慰すれ	じいすれ	jī sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	自慰せよ¹ 自慰しろ²	じいせよ¹ じいしろ²	jī seyo¹ jī shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	自慰される	じいされる	jī sareru
Causative	自慰させる 自慰さす	じいさせる じいさす	jī saseru jī sasu
Potential	自慰できる	じいできる	jī dekiru
Volitional	自慰しよう	じいしよう	jī shiyō
Negative	自慰しない	じいしない	jī shinai
Negative continuative	自慰せず	じいせず	jī sezu
Formal	自慰します	じいします	jī shimasu
Perfective	自慰した	じいした	jī shita
Conjunctive	自慰して	じいして	jī shite
Hypothetical conditional	自慰すれば	じいすれば	jī sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Synonyms

• (masturbate): オナニーする (onanī suru), 手(しゅ)淫(いん)する (shuin suru), 自(じ)涜(とく)する (jitoku suru)

References

• Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
自	慰

Noun

自慰 • (jawi) (hangeul 자위)

1. Hanja form^? of 자위 (“masturbation”).