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欣慰

xīn wèi

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

欣慰 (xīn wèi) means "to be gratified". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 欣慰 means

1. to be gratified

The characters in 欣慰

• 欣xīnhappy
• 慰wèito comfort; to console; to reassure

Example sentences

• 我相信马太, 马可, 路加和约翰 所说的话。假如我在一场车祸中是受害者的话，如果他们成为我的证人（目击者）我会很欣慰。
  Wǒ xiāngxìn Mǎtài, mǎ kě, Lùjiā héyuē hàn suǒ shuō dehuà. jiǎrú wǒ zài yī chǎng chēhuò zhōng shì shòuhàizhě dehuà, rúguǒ tāmen chéngwéi wǒ de zhèngrén （ mùjīzhě ） wǒ huì hěn xīnwèi.
  I trust what Matthew, Mark, Luke and John said, and if I were ever the victim in a car accident I'd be very happy if they were my witnesses.

Sounds the same

Read xīn wèi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 辛未eight year H8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1991 or 2051

Where 欣慰 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · xīn–xìn (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read xīn wèi correctly.
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