HSK 6 · Emotions

欣慰 xīnwèi “gratified” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 欣慰 means

  1. gratified
  2. pleased
  3. comforted
  4. to be gratified

How to say 欣慰

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale欣xīn1st 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

欣慰 in a sentence

  1. 看到孩子长大了，父母感到很欣慰。

    Kàndào háizi zhǎngdà le, fùmǔ gǎndào hěn xīnwèi.

    The parents were very pleased to see their child grow up.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 你的进步让老师非常欣慰。

    Nǐ de jìnbù ràng lǎoshī fēicháng xīnwèi.

    Your progress has been very gratifying for your teacher.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 欣慰 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 欣 (xīn) with each of its parts in a different colour
欣xīnhappy
  • 斤axe · jīnSound part
  • 欠yawn · qiànMeaning part

欠 hints at the meaning (yawn); 斤 (jīn) hints at the sound. Compare it with xīn.

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 欣慰

欣 8 strokes · 慰 15 strokes

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

Words related to 欣慰

Words with 欣

欣赏xīnshǎng · to appreciate欣欣向荣xīnxīnxiàngróng · flourishing

Words with 慰

安慰ānwèi · to comfort慰问wèiwèn · to express sympathy

More words: Emotions & Attitudes

信赖xìnlài · to trust心灵xīnlíng · heart心态xīntài · mindset心疼xīnténg · to love dearly心眼儿xīnyǎnr · mind胸怀xiōnghuái · breadth of mind羞耻xiūchǐ · shame喜悦xǐyuè · joy

FAQs

欣慰 (xīnwèi) means “gratified” or “pleased”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it xīnwèi: xīn 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. 欣慰 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xinwei with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 欣慰 from the suggestions. Typing xinwei into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
欣慰 is an HSK 6 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.