HSK 5 · Adjectives

不安 bù'ān “uneasy” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 不安 means

  1. uneasy
  2. worried
  3. restless
  4. unpeaceful
  5. unstable
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • disturbed

How to say 不安

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale不bù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale安ān1st tone, high and level

不安 in a sentence

  1. 这个消息让我感到不安。

    Zhè ge xiāoxi ràng wǒ gǎndào bù'ān.

    The news made me uneasy.

    Sentence #1990239 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我有点不安。

    Wǒ yǒudiǎn bù'ān.

    I feel a little uneasy.

    Sentence #6147596 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 想到自己的未来，她不安起来。

    Xiǎngdào zìjǐ de wèilái, tā bù'ān qǐlai.

    Thinking about her future, she began to feel uneasy.

    Sentence #2680393 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 不安 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 不 (bù) drawn as one shape
不bùno; not so

不 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidPicture a bar 一 across the top that nothing below can get past: not, no.

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.

How to write 不安

不 4 strokes · 安 6 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 不安

Words with 不

不bù · no不要bùyào · don’t!不客气bú kèqi · you’re welcome对不起duìbuqǐ · sorry不错bùcuò · not bad不好意思bùhǎoyìsi · to feel embarrassed不但búdàn · not only不同bùtóng · different不少bùshǎo · quite a few不见bújiàn · to be missing

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平安píng'ān · safe and sound安慰ānwèi · to comfort安置ānzhì · to find a place for安宁ānníng · peaceful安详ānxiáng · serene

More words: Adjectives

薄báo · thin宝贵bǎoguì · valuable悲观bēiguān · pessimistic必要bìyào · necessary不得了bùdéliǎo · extremely不耐烦bùnàifán · impatient不足bùzú · insufficient超级chāojí · super

FAQs

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