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慰安婦 (wai3 on1 fu5) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

慰安婦 (wai3 on1 fu5, wèi ān fù) — comfort woman (woman or girl forced into sex slavery by the Japanese military 1937-1945) (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 慰安婦 "ianfu")

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Usage

Level

beyond HSK

Related words

• 慰問信 (wai3 man6 seon3) — Condolence letters
• 慰問金 (wai3 man6 gam1) — Consolation money
• 慰留 (wai3 lau4) — to persuade (employees) to stay; to urge someone to stay on
• 慰 (wai3) — to comfort; to console; to reassure; calm
• 慰勞 (wai3 lou4) — to show appreciation (by kind words, small gifts etc); to comfort
• 慰唁 (wai3 jin6) — to console

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