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): chū-ùi / chīr-ùi / chū-ùiⁿ

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:
    ^edit
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    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: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chū-ùi
  - Tâi-lô: tsū-uì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zuxuix
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su³³⁻²¹ ui²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /t͡su²²⁻²¹ ui²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡su³³⁻¹¹ ui¹¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chīr-ùi
  - Tâi-lô: tsīr-uì
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ⁴¹⁻²² ui⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chū-ùiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tsū-uìnn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zux'vuix
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su²²⁻²¹ uĩ²¹/

Verb

自慰

to console oneself; to make oneself feel better
(euphemistic) to masturbate

Synonyms

(to console oneself): 自我安慰 (zìwǒ ānwèi)
(to masturbate):

Dialectal synonyms of 手淫 (“(of a male) to masturbate; to jerk off”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		手淫, 自慰, 自瀆, 自撫, 自淫
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	打手槍, 打槍, 尻槍, 尻手槍, 尻尻, 尻, 自慰, DIY
Northeastern Mandarin	Singapore	打手槍, 打飛機
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	擼鴨子, 擼管兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	打手銃
Cantonese	Hong Kong	打飛機, 打J, J, 打丁, 搵五姑娘, DIY
Cantonese	Singapore (Guangfu)	打飛機
Hakka	Meixian	打手銃
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	打手銃, 打飛機
	Huidong (Daling)	打手銃
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	打水銃
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	摸𡳞
	Changting	打手銃
	Wuping	搞𡳞
	Wuping (Pingyu)	搞𡳞
	Liancheng	打手銃
	Yudu	打手銃
	Ruijin	打手銃
	Shangyou (Shexi)	打手銃
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	打手銃
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	打手槍
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	打手銃
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	打手銃
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	打手銃
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	打手銃, 洩手銃
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	打手銃
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	打手銃, 洩手銃
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	打手銃, 洩手銃
Jin	Pingyao	耍㞗兒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	𢫦草屩
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	拍飛機
Southern Min	Xiamen	拍手銃
	Quanzhou	拍手銃
	Zhangzhou	拍手銃
	Zhao'an	拍手銃
	Taipei (Wanhua)	拍手銃
	Kaohsiung	拍手銃
	Yilan	拍手銃
	Changhua (Lukang)	拍手銃
	Taichung	拍手銃
	Taichung (Wuqi)	拍手銃
	Tainan	拍手銃
	Taitung	拍手銃
	Hsinchu	拍手銃
	Penghu (Magong)	拍手銃
	Penang (Hokkien)	拍手銃
	Singapore (Hokkien)	拍手銃
	Manila (Hokkien)	拍手銃
	Jieyang	敲手銃
	Leizhou	拍手銃
Wu	Shanghai	搓卵 dated
Wu	Ningbo	打手銃
Xiang	Loudi	打手銃

Derived terms

自慰術 / 自慰术
自慰隊 / 自慰队 (Zìwèiduì)

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”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) じい [jíꜜì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [d͡ʑii]

Noun

自(じ)慰(い) • (jii) ^{←じゐ (ziwi)^?}

(rare) self-consolation, making oneself feel better
(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))

to console oneself, to make oneself feel better
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

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“自慰”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026
Shōgaku Tosho (1988), 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
自	慰

Noun

自慰 • (jawi) (hangeul 자위)

hanja form^? of 자위 (“masturbation”)

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[SMK5-3] Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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