HSK 5 · Emotions

安慰 ānwèi “to comfort” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 安慰 means

  1. to comfort
  2. to console

How to say 安慰

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale安ān1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale慰wèi4th tone, falling

安慰 in a sentence

  1. 我可以安慰她。

    Wǒ kěyǐ ānwèi tā.

    I can comfort her.

    Sentence #779035 from Tatoeba

  2. 朋友伤心时，她轻声安慰他。

    Péngyou shāngxīn shí, tā qīngshēng ānwèi tā.

    When her friend was upset, she comforted him softly.

    Sentence #14027274 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 那些花儿安慰了她。

    Nàxiē huār ānwèi le tā.

    The flowers comforted her.

    Sentence #6475456 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 安慰 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 安 (ān) with each of its parts in a different colour
安āncalm; peaceful
  • 宀roof · mián
  • 女woman · nǚ

Memory aidA woman 女 under a roof 宀: safe, peaceful.

The character 慰 (wèi) with each of its parts in a different colour
慰wèito comfort
  • 尉officer · wèiSound part
  • 心heart · xīnMeaning part

心 hints at the meaning (heart); 尉 (wèi) hints at the sound. Compare it with wèi.

How to write 安慰

安 6 strokes · 慰 15 strokes

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安慰 (ānwèi) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 安慰 (ānwèi). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 安慰

Words with 安

安静ānjìng · quiet安排ānpái · to arrange安全ānquán · safe晚安wǎn'ān · good night安装ānzhuāng · to install不安bù'ān · uneasy平安píng'ān · safe and sound安置ānzhì · to find a place for安宁ānníng · peaceful安详ānxiáng · serene

Words with 慰

慰问wèiwèn · to express sympathy欣慰xīnwèi · gratified

More words: Emotions & Attitudes

爱心àixīn · compassion表情biǎoqíng · (facial) expression惭愧cánkuì · ashamed操心cāoxīn · to worry about倒霉dǎoméi · to have bad luck知足常乐zhīzúchánglè · contentment brings happiness自卑zìbēi · to feel inferior自满zìmǎn · complacent

FAQs

安慰 (ānwèi) means “to comfort” or “to console”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it ānwèi: ān with a 1st tone, then wèi with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 安慰 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type anwei with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 安慰 from the suggestions. Typing anwei into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
安慰 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.