HSK 6 · Adjectives

和蔼 hé'ǎi “kindly” in Chinese

Traditional 和藹

What 和蔼 means

  1. kindly
  2. amiable
  3. affable
  4. nice

How to say 和蔼

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale和hé2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale蔼ǎi3rd tone, dipping

和蔼 in a sentence

  1. 她对谁都很和蔼可亲。

    Tā duì shéi dōu hěn hé'ǎi kěqīn.

    She is kind and friendly to everyone.

    Sentence #333661 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 她是个和蔼可亲的人。

    Tā shì ge hé'ǎi kěqīn de rén.

    She’s a kind, approachable person.

    Sentence #349724 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 汤姆和玛丽都很和蔼，对吗？

    Tāngmǔ hé Mǎlì dōu hěn hé'ǎi, duì ma?

    Tom and Mary are both very kind, aren’t they?

    Sentence #8889570 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 和蔼 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 和 (hé) with each of its parts in a different colour
和héand; together with; with
  • 禾grain · héSound part
  • 口mouth · kǒuMeaning part

口 hints at the meaning (mouth); 禾 (hé) hints at the sound. Compare it with hé.

The character 蔼 (ǎi) with each of its parts in a different colour
蔼ǎifriendly
  • 艹grass form of 艸 · cǎoMeaning part
  • 谒to visit · yèSound part

艹 hints at the meaning (grass); 谒 (yè) hints at the sound. Compare it with ǎi.

How to write 和蔼

和 8 strokes · 蔼 14 strokes

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

Words related to 和蔼

Words with 和

和hé · and暖和nuǎnhuo · warm和平hépíng · peace附和fùhè · to echo (someone’s views)缓和huǎnhé · to ease调和tiáohé · to reconcile和睦hémù · harmonious和气héqi · friendly和谐héxié · harmonious柔和róuhé · soft

More words: Adjectives

固执gùzhí · stubborn含糊hánhu · vague罕见hǎnjiàn · rare豪迈háomài · bold和睦hémù · harmonious横héng · horizontal和气héqi · friendly和谐héxié · harmonious

FAQs

和蔼 (hé’ǎi) means “kindly” or “amiable”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it hé’ǎi: hé with a 2nd tone, then ǎi with a 3rd 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, 和蔼 is written 和藹. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type heai with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 和蔼 from the suggestions. Typing heai into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
和蔼 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.