HSK 6 · Emotions

关怀 guānhuái “to care for” in Chinese

Traditional 關懷

What 关怀 means

  1. to care for
  2. care
  3. concern
  4. solicitude
  5. to show care for
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • concerned about
  • attentive to

How to say 关怀

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale关guān1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale怀huái2nd tone, rising

关怀 in a sentence

  1. 在异乡生活，偶尔收到朋友的关怀让人倍感温暖。

    Zài yìxiāng shēnghuó, ǒu'ěr shōudào péngyou de guānhuái ràng rén bèigǎn wēnnuǎn.

    When you’re living far from home, the occasional bit of care from friends feels especially warm.

    Sentence #13832487 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 关怀 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 关 (guān) with each of its parts in a different colour
关guānmountain pass
  • 丷eight form of 八 · bā
  • 天sky · tiān

Memory aidSimplified from 關, a bar fastened across a gate 門: to close, to shut.

The character 怀 (huái) with each of its parts in a different colour
怀huáibosom
  • 忄heart form of 心 · xīnMeaning part
  • 不no · bùSound part

忄 hints at the meaning (heart); 不 (bù) hints at the sound. Compare it with huái.

How to write 关怀

关 6 strokes · 怀 7 strokes

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

Words related to 关怀

Words with 关

没关系méi guānxi · it’s okay关guān · to close关心guānxīn · concerned about/with关系guānxi · relation关于guānyú · about关注guānzhù · to pay close attention to有关yǒuguān · to be related to关机guānjī · to turn off (a device)关键guānjiàn · crucial point关闭guānbì · to close

Words with 怀

怀疑huáiyí · to doubt怀孕huáiyùn · to be pregnant怀念huáiniàn · to cherish the memory of胸怀xiōnghuái · breadth of mind

More words: Emotions & Attitudes

干劲gànjìn · drive感慨gǎnkǎi · to sigh with emotion隔阂géhé · estrangement共鸣gòngmíng · resonance孤独gūdú · lonely顾虑gùlǜ · worry过瘾guòyǐn · to satisfy a craving恨不得hènbude · to be dying to

FAQs

关怀 (guānhuái) means “to care for” or “care”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it guānhuái: guān with a 1st tone, then huái with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 关怀 is written 關懷. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type guanhuai with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 关怀 from the suggestions. Typing guanhuai into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
关怀 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.