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慰

Character · Verb · Adjective

comfort; feel relieved

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Meanings

2 senses · 10 examples
1.

verb

to comfort; to soothe; to console

neutral

Used to express care and comfort for someone who is sad, tired or in trouble.

Tóng同
shì事
men们
fēn纷
fēn纷
lái来
wèn慰
wèi问
shēng生
bìng病
de的
xiǎo小
wáng王
 。

Colleagues came one after another to comfort the sick Xiao Wang.

Zhèng政
fǔ府
pài派
rén人
qù去
wèn慰
wèi问
zāi灾
qū区
de的
qún群
zhòng众
 。

The government sent people to console the people in the disaster area.

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Wǒ我
xiě写
le了
yī一
fēng封
xìn信
qù去
wèi慰
yù问
nà那
wèi位
shī失
qù去
qīn亲
rén人
de的
lǎo老
rén人
 。

I wrote a letter to console the elderly person who lost a loved one.

Lǎo老
shī师
huì会
ān安
wèi慰
kū哭
qì泣
de的
xué学
shēng生
 。

The teacher will comfort the crying student.

Zhì志
yuàn愿
zhě者
men们
dài带
zhe着
wù物
zī资
qù去
wèi慰
wèn问
shān山
qū区
de的
hái孩
zi子
men们
 。

Volunteers brought supplies to comfort the children in the mountainous area.

2.

adjective

relieved; at peace; contented

neutral

Used to describe a state of mental calm and satisfaction.

Dé得
zhī知
hái孩
zi子
píng平
ān安
dào到
jiā家
 ,
wǒ我
xīn心
lǐ里
hěn很
xīn欣
wèi慰
 。

I felt very relieved when I learned that my child arrived home safely.

Kàn看
dào到
xué学
shēng生
men们
qǔ取
dé得
hǎo好
chéng成
jì绩
 ,
lǎo老
shī师
gǎn感
dào到
shí十
fēn分
xīn欣
wèi慰
 。

Seeing the students get good grades, the teacher felt extremely contented.

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Shōu收
dào到
nǐ你
de的
huí回
xìn信
 ,
wǒ我
jiù就
ān安
xīn心
le了
 。

I felt at peace after receiving your reply.

Wán完
chéng成
le了
zhè这
ge个
xiàng项
mù目
 ,
tā他
gǎn感
dào到
yī一
zhèn阵
xīn欣
wèi慰
 。

After finishing this project, he felt a sense of relief.

Tīng听
dào到
zhè这
ge个
hǎo好
xiāo消
xi息
 ,
dà大
jiā家
dōu都
gǎn感
dào到
shí十
fēn分
xīn欣
xìng幸
 。

Hearing this good news, everyone felt very fortunate and relieved.