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不安 bùān

不安 bùān Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 6 English Translations of the word 不安 bùān .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
bùān | bu4 an1
English translation
unpeaceful
unstable
uneasy
disturbed
restless
worried

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Traditional form

不安 bùān

Part of speech

Adjective / 形容词 xíng róng cí Xíngróng cí
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Etymology of 不安 bùān

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Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of sepals of a flower. The meaning "no" is a phonetic loan.

Positional decomposition

Number of Strokes

4
Ān

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Variously explained as (1) a woman is what makes a home feel peaceful, or (2) a woman feels safe under the shelter of a roof.

Positional decomposition

宀女

Number of Strokes

6

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Example sentences using 不安 bùān

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wèi lǎo 绅士 shēnshì 坐立不安 zuò lì bù ān , 紧张 jǐnzhāng 不得了 bùdéliǎo .

That elderly gentleman was exceedingly on the jump , as nervous as a man well could be.

de 不安 bùān shì 由于 yóuyú duì 这篇报道 bàodào de 错误 cuòwù 理解 lǐjiě ér 引起 yǐnqǐ de .

Her anxiety has sprung from a misinterpretation of the report.

le , zài chéng 里面 lǐ miàn guàng 安全 ānquán . 很多白人 bái rén xiǎo hún hún .

Downtown is not very safe at night . Stay away from Crown Street.

全家 quán jiā dōu shì 惴惴不安 zhuì zhuì bù ān de yòu hěn 兴奋 xīngfèn de 等候 děnghòu shōu cán ”.

Uneasy but eager, the whole family waited for the eggs to hatch.

Jiā 拉赫 yǐn 不安 bùān ,后来 hòulái 突然 tūrán jiù xiàng fēng le 一样 yīyàng .

Gral Lagher was ill at ease and then abruptly frantic.

不安 bùān Decomposition

See the 2 Chinese characters that make up 不安 bùān and their own compounds.

不安 bùān Compounds

See all 77 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 不安 bùān in their composition.

    • fǒu
      • , , , , , ,
      • pēi , pēi , , , , pēi , , , piě , , , , , , , , , ,
    • Huán , huài , bēi , 怀 Huái , Huán , wāi , nāo , béng , , , , piān , pēi , póu , fóu , , , , , biáo , , bēi , , , , , ,
  • Ān
    • yàn
      • yǎn , yàn , ,
    • àn , àn , àn , ān , ān , ǎn , ān , è , ǎn , è , , yàn , , , , , , ǎn ,
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