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怀

huái

HSK 4 Character Traditional 懷

What 怀 means

1. bosom
2. heart
3. mind
4. to think of
5. to harbor in one's mind
6. to conceive (a child)

Other readings

怀 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Huáisurname Huai

Example sentences

• 我怀孕了。
  I'm pregnant.
• 好怀念啊。
  Ah, that reminds me of the old days!
• 她怀孕了。
  She's pregnant.
• 她没怀孕。
  She isn't pregnant.
• 我没怀孕。
  I'm not pregnant.
• 我怀孕了吗？
  Am I pregnant?

Words starting with 怀

• 怀疑huái yíto doubt (sth); to be skeptical of; to have one's doubts; to harbor suspicions…
• 怀念huái niànto cherish the memory of; to think of; to reminisce
• 怀孕huái yùnpregnant; to have conceived; gestation
• 怀里huái lǐembrace; bosom
• 怀抱huái bàoto hug; to cherish; within the bosom (of the family)
• 怀旧huái jiùto feel nostalgic; nostalgia
• 怀有huái yǒuto have in one's person (feelings, talent etc)
• 怀柔huái róuto conciliate; to appease
• 怀胎huái tāito become pregnant; to carry a child in the womb
• 怀古huái gǔto recall the past; to cherish the memory of past events; to reminisce
• 怀恨在心huái hèn zài xīnto harbor hard feelings
• 怀表huái biǎopocket watch
• 怀俄明Huái é míngWyoming, US state
• 怀化市Huái huà ShìHuaihua, prefecture-level city in Hunan Province 湖南省
• 怀特岛Huái tè DǎoIsle of Wight, island off the south coast of England
• 怀疑派huái yí pàithe skeptics
• 怀才不遇huái cái bù yùto have talent but no opportunity (idiom); to be an unrecognized talent
• 怀旧感huái jiù gǎnfeeling of nostalgia
• 怀炉huái lúhand warmer (fuel based)
• 怀乡huái xiānghomesick
• 怀春huái chūn(of girls) to yearn for love
• 怀恨huái hènto feel hatred; to harbor a grudge
• 怀来县Huái lái XiànHuailai, a county in Zhangjiakou City 张家口市
• 怀化县Huái huà xiànHuaihua county, Hunan

Words containing 怀

• 关怀guān huáicare; solicitude; to show care for
• 胸怀xiōng huáione's bosom (the seat of emotions); breast; broad-minded and open
• 满怀mǎn huáito have one's heart filled with; (to collide) full on; (of farm animals) heavy with young
• 情怀qíng huáifeelings; mood
• 彭德怀Péng Dé huáiPeng Dehuai (1898-1974), top communist general, subsequently politician and politburo…
• 耿耿于怀gěng gěng yú huáito take troubles to heart (idiom); brooding
• 心怀xīn huáito harbor (thoughts); to cherish; to entertain (illusions)
• 缅怀miǎn huáito commemorate; to recall fondly; to think of the past
• 不怀好意bù huái hǎo yì(idiom) to harbor evil designs; to harbor malicious intentions
• 忘怀wàng huáito forget
• 开怀kāi huáito one's heart's content; without restraint
• 释怀shì huáito get over (a traumatic experience, misgivings etc)
• 感怀gǎn huáito recall with emotion; to feel sentiments
• 介怀jiè huáito mind; to brood over; to be concerned about
• 伤怀shāng huáigrieved; full of sorrow
• 追怀zhuī huáito recall; to bring to mind; to reminisce
• 雅怀yǎ huáirefined feelings; distinguished emotions
• 显怀xiǎn huáito look pregnant; obviously pregnant
• 林怀民Lín Huái mínLin Hwai-Min (1947-), Taiwanese choreographer and dancer
• 心存怀疑xīn cún huái yíto be suspicious
• 投怀送抱tóu huái sòng bàoto throw oneself in sb's arms; to throw oneself at sb
• 正中下怀zhèng zhòng xià huáiexactly what one wants
• 社会关怀shè huì guān huáisocial care
• 临终关怀lín zhōng guān huáiend-of-life care; hospice care; palliative care

Characters that look like 怀

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 体tǐbody; form; style
• 但dànbut; yet; however; still; merely; only; just
• 伴bànpartner; companion; comrade; associate; to accompany
• 侧cèthe side; to incline towards; to lean
• 姊zǐolder sister; Taiwan pr. jiě
• 纫rènto thread (a needle); (bound form) to sew; to stitch; (literary) very grateful

Sounds the same

Read huái, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 徊used in 徘徊
• 淮name of a river
• 槐Chinese scholar tree (Sophora japonica); Japanese pagoda tree
• 踝ankle
• 佪irresolute; to move back and forth
• 耲(agriculture) to cultivate with a harrow
• 褢to carry in the bosom or the sleeve; to wrap, to conceal
• 褱to carry in the bosom or the sleeve; to wrap, to conceal