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huái

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huái Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
huái | huai2
English translation
bosom, breast; to carry in one's bosom

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About huái

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Number of strokes

19

Traditional form

huái

Contains the radical

xīn

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

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Etymology of huái

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

忄褱

Semantic compound

xīn

Phonetic compound

huái

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. xīn represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of huái .

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Words with huái

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
怀疑 huáiyí to doubt (sth)懷疑
怀孕 huáiyùn pregnant懷孕
怀 Huái bosom huái
怀念 huáiniàn to think of懷念
关怀 guānhuái care關懷
怀里 huái lǐ embrace懷裡
怀抱 huái bào to hug懷抱
满怀 mǎn huái (to collide) full on滿懷
怀旧 huái jiù nostalgia懷舊
情怀 qíng huái feelings情懷
胸怀 xiōnghuái breast胸懷
心怀 xīn huái to cherish心懷
释怀 shì huái to release (tension)釋懷
缅怀 miǎn huái to commemorate緬懷
怀特 Huái tè White (name)懷特
耿耿于怀 gěng gěng yú huái to take troubles to heart (idiom); brooding耿耿於懷
忘怀 wàng huái to forget忘懷
开怀 kāi huái without restraint開懷
怀表 huái biǎo pocket watch懷錶
彭德怀 Péng Dé huái Peng Dehuai (1898-1974), top communist general, subsequently politician and politburo member, disgraced after attacking Mao's failed policies in 1959, and died after extensive persecution during the Cultural Revolution彭德懷
怀恨 huái hèn to nurse hatred懷恨
怀柔 Huái róu to conciliate懷柔
怀有 huái yǒu to have in one's person (feelings, talent etc)懷有

huái Decomposition & Compounds

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