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安慰

ān wèi

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

安慰 (ān wèi) means "to comfort". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 安慰 means

1. to comfort; to console

The characters in 安慰

• 安ān(bound form) calm; peaceful; to calm; to set at ease; safe; secure; in good health
• 慰wèito comfort; to console; to reassure

Example sentences

• 谁来安慰我？
  Shéi lái ānwèi wǒ?
  Who will console me?
• 谁去安慰她？
  Who will console her?
• 我可以安慰她。
  Wǒ kěyǐ ānwèi tā.
  I can comfort her.
• 我在安慰玛丽。
  I am consoling Mary.
• 她试着安慰他。
  She tried to console him.
• 她试图安慰他。
  She tried to console him.

Words starting with 安慰

• 安慰剂ān wèi jìplacebo
• 安慰奖ān wèi jiǎngconsolation prize

Words containing 安慰

• 反安慰剂fǎn ān wèi jìnocebo
• 自我安慰zì wǒ ān wèito comfort oneself; to console oneself; to reassure oneself

Where 安慰 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Emotions & Moods (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read ān wèi correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.