怀

huái

bosom

surname Huai; heart; mind; to think of; to harbor in one's mind; to conceive (a child)

heart (忄) + phonetic (不) = holding someone in your heart

忄anchors the meaning in the heart — where we hold loved ones and unspoken feelings. 不 contributes the sound huái rather than its visual sense of negation.

忄+不→怀
不NotPhonetic
忄HeartSemantic

她把孩子抱在怀里,轻轻地唱歌。

tā bǎ hái zi bào zài huái lǐ, qīng qīng de chàng gē。

She held the child in her bosom and sang softly.

他心里一直怀着对家乡的思念。

tā xīn lǐ yī zhí huái zhe duì jiā xiāng de sī niàn。

He has always harbored a longing for his hometown in his heart.

Words with 怀

怀抱

huái bào

to hug

耿耿于怀

gěng gěng yú huái

to take troubles to heart (idiom); brooding

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

过度关怀

guò dù guān huái

obsession

郭永怀

guō yǒng huái

Guo Yonghuai (1909-1968), Chinese aviation pioneer

释怀

shì huái

to get over (a traumatic experience, misgivings etc)

开怀

kāi huái

to one's heart's content

关怀

guān huái

care

关怀备至

guān huái bèi zhì

the utmost care (idiom); to look after sb in every possible way

雅怀

yǎ huái

refined feelings

显怀

xiǎn huái

to look pregnant

饮流怀源

yǐn liú huái yuán

lit. when you drink water, think of its source (idiom); gratitude for blessings and their well-spring

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