懷 (waai4 | huai2) : bosom; think of; mind; conceive

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懷

waai4

huai2

[1] [n] bosom; chest; breast
[2] [v] think of; cherish; harbour
[3] [n] mind; heart; feeling
[4] [v] conceive (a child)

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 19

Level: 2

Radical: 心 (#61)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

懷 / 怀

This word has been viewed 8858 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 23rd Mar 2012 03:59

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懷念 waai4 nim6 huai2 nian4 = to cherish the memory of

懷疑 waai4 ji4 huai2 yi2 = doubt; suspect; believe

胸懷 hung1 waai4 xiong1 huai2 = have in mind

關懷 gwaan1 waai4 guan1 huai2 = to show loving care; to give TLC

懷柔 waai4 jau4 = conciliate, conciliation

懷孕 waai4 jan6 huai2 yun4 = to be pregnant, to have conceived

懷疑者 waai4 ji4 ze2 = a skeptic

投懷送抱 tau4 waai4 sung3 pou5 = throw oneself at

不懷好意 bat1 waai4 hou2 ji3 bu4 huai2 hao3 yi4 = harbor evil designs; harbor malicious intentions 國

開懷 hoi1 waai4 kai 1 huai2 = to the heart's content
See all 42 compounds (CantoDict reports 43 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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我哋開始懷疑佢有可能係我哋搵緊嗰個殺人狂粵
We're starting to suspect that he's probably the homicidal maniac we're looking for.

我相信佢已經開始懷疑，內鬼原來係我粵
I believe he's already started to think that the mole was me all along.

真係令人好懷念，一個世紀之後你又返嚟啦粵
We've really missed you while you've been gone the last 100 years.
[Lit. really make-people very miss-you, one century afterwards again return come [particle] This is being said to someone who's lived several hundred years (specifically Greed from Full Metal Alchemist).]

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 懷
Unicode code for this character: U+61f7 (off-site link)

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