慰安婦

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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

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wèi'ānfù
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄢㄈㄨˋ
  - 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 Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vi-ôn-fu
  - Hakka Romanization System: vi on^ˊ fu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: vi⁴ on¹ fu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /vi⁵⁵ on²⁴⁻¹¹ fu⁵⁵/

Noun

慰安婦

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

Japanese

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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”).^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いあんふ (Nakadaka – )^[2]
IPA^(key):

Noun

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

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

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
慰	安	婦

Noun

慰安婦 • (wianbu) (hangeul 위안부)

hanja form^? of 위안부 (“comfort woman”)

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