怀 (huái): bosom, heart, mind, to think of, to harbor in one's mind, to conceive (a child)
怀 (huái) is a Chinese character meaning “bosom.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 忄 (semantic) and 不 (phonetic). It ranks #762 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 怀 heart. Its radical form 忄 (heart) appears in many related characters such as 忙 (máng, busy), 快 (kuài, fast, happy), 怎 (zěn, how).
Definitions
- bosom
- heart
- mind
- to think of
- to harbor in one's mind
- to conceive (a child)
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 怀
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 怀疑verb | huái yí | to doubt (sth) | 4 |
| 怀孕verb | huái yùn | pregnant | 6 |
| 怀念verb | huái niàn | to cherish the memory of | 6 |
| 关怀verb | guān huái | care | 6 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 怀里noun | huái lǐ | embrace |
| 怀抱verb | huái bào | to hug |
| 心怀verb | xīn huái | to harbor (thoughts) |
| 怀特proper-noun | huái tè | White (name) |
| 满怀verb | mǎn huái | to have one's heart filled with |
| 怀旧verb | huái jiù | to feel nostalgic |
| 怀表noun | huái biǎo | pocket watch |
| 释怀verb | shì huái | to get over (a traumatic experience, misgivings etc) |
| 耿耿于怀phrase | gěng gěng yú huái | to take troubles to heart (idiom) |
| 缅怀verb | miǎn huái | to commemorate |
| 怀恨verb | huái hèn | to feel hatred |
| 怀有verb | huái yǒu | to have in one's person (feelings, talent etc) |
| 忘怀verb | wàng huái | to forget |
| 开怀verb | kāi huái | to one's heart's content |
| 胸怀noun | xiōng huái | one's bosom (the seat of emotions) |
怀 appears in 91 compound words: 47 as the first character, 32 as the last, and 21 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 怀 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (15)
to brood on; to not forget about a matter and always be troubled or vexed by it
possessing something valuable or being talented can invite trouble due to others' envy
Showing 12 of 15 idioms containing 怀.
Example Sentences
他怀着激动的心情打开了那封录取通知书。
Tā huáizhe jīdòng de xīnqíng dǎkāi le nà fēng lùqǔ tōngzhīshū.
He opened that admission notice with an excited mood.
吃了避孕药意外怀孕了孩子能要吗?药物对胚胎有致畸风险吗
chī le bì yùn yào yì wài huái yùn le hái zǐ néng yāo ma ? yào wù duì pēi tāi yǒu zhì jī fēng xiǎn ma
Can I have a child if I take birth control pills and get pregnant unexpectedly? Does the drug pose a teratogenic risk to the embryo?
...腾浩退居幕后“忙搬桌椅”! 角头团队新作怀秋、吴念轩双帅登场
. . . téng hào tuì jū mù hòu máng bān zhuō yǐ ! jiǎo tóu tuán duì xīn zuò huái qiū , wú niàn 轩 shuāng shuài dēng chǎng
... Tenghao retreated behind the scenes to "busy moving tables and chairs"! The new work of the Jiaotou team Huaiqiu and Wu Nianxuan appeared
来怀柔过大年丨线路三:潮玩电竞闹新春,冰雪运...
lái huái róu guò dà nián 丨 xiàn lù sān cháo wán diàn jìng nào xīn chūn , bīng xuě yùn . . .
The first time I've been to Huairou, I've been there for the first time, and I've been there for the first time, and I've been there for the first time, and I've been there for the first time, and I've been there for the first time.
长城脚下天天有精彩,热闹至初七!怀柔民俗展演引爆新..
cháng chéng jiǎo xià tiān tiān yǒu jīng cǎi , rè nào zhì chū qī ! huái róu mín sú zhǎn yǎn yǐn bào xīn . .
Every day at the foot of the Great Wall, until the seventh day of the Lunar New Year! The Huairou Folklore Show will be a new...
视频丨中国电信怀化分公司祝大家马年新春快乐
shì pín 丨 zhōng guó diàn xìn huái huā fēn gōng sī zhù dà jiā mǎ nián xīn chūn kuài lè
Video丨China Telecom Huaihua Branch Wishes You a Happy Chinese New Year of the Horse
她谎称自己怀孕了。
Tā huǎngchēng zìjǐ huáiyùn le.
She lied about being pregnant.
汤姆怀疑地看着玛丽。
Tāngmǔ huáiyí de kàn zhe Mǎlì.
Tom looked at Mary suspiciously.
汤姆怀疑玛丽是否诚实。
Tāngmǔ huáiyí Mǎlì shìfǒu chéngshí.
Tom doubts whether Mary is honest.
我乘几路车去怀基基？
Wǒ chéng jǐ lù chē qù huái jī jī?
What number bus do I take to get to Waikiki?
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 忄 (heart) component
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