HSK 6 · Verbs

慰问 wèiwèn “to express sympathy” in Chinese

Traditional 慰問

What 慰问 means

  1. to express sympathy
  2. to console
  3. to visit (to show care)
  4. to express sympathy, greetings, consolation etc

How to say 慰问

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale慰wèi4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale问wèn4th tone, falling

慰问 in a sentence

  1. 过年的时候，学校去慰问了退休老教师。

    Guònián de shíhou, xuéxiào qù wèiwèn le tuìxiū lǎo jiàoshī.

    At New Year, the school visited its retired teachers to show it cared.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他打电话慰问生病的朋友。

    Tā dǎ diànhuà wèiwèn shēngbìng de péngyou.

    He phoned his sick friend to see how they were.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 慰问 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 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.

The character 问 (wèn) with each of its parts in a different colour
问wènto ask; to inquire
  • 门gate · ménSound part
  • 口mouth · kǒuMeaning part

口 hints at the meaning (mouth); 门 (mén) hints at the sound. Compare it with wèn.

Memory aidA mouth 口 at the gate 门, with 门 (mén) giving the sound: to ask.

How to write 慰问

慰 15 strokes · 问 6 strokes

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

Words related to 慰问

Words with 慰

安慰ānwèi · to comfort欣慰xīnwèi · gratified

Words with 问

请问qǐngwèn · Excuse me问wèn · to ask问题wèntí · question提问tíwèn · to question问候wènhòu · to give one’s respects询问xúnwèn · to inquire疑问yíwèn · question学问xuéwèn · learning反问fǎnwèn · to ask a rhetorical question过问guòwèn · to concern oneself with

More words: Thinking & Talking

吞吞吐吐tūntūntǔtǔ · to hum and haw妥协tuǒxié · to compromise歪曲wāiqū · to distort妄想wàngxiǎng · wishful thinking误解wùjiě · to misunderstand污蔑wūmiè · to slander侮辱wǔrǔ · to insult想方设法xiǎngfāngshèfǎ · to try every possible way

FAQs

慰问 (wèiwèn) means “to express sympathy” or “to console”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it wèiwèn: wèi with a 4th tone, then wèn with a 4th 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, 慰问 is written 慰問. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type weiwen with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 慰问 from the suggestions. Typing weiwen into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
慰问 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.