Chinese words starting with “huai”
9 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable huai. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 3 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
Initial h · final uai · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 2nd tone 7
- 4th tone 2
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 怀疑huái yíHSK 4
to doubt (sth); to be skeptical of; to have one's doubts; to harbor suspicions; to suspect that
- 坏人huài rénHSK 2
bad person; villain
- 坏处huài chuHSK 2
harm; troubles
All 9 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 坏 | huài | a,v | bad; spoiled; broken; to break down; (suffix) to the utmost | |
| 2 | 怀孕 | huái yùn | v,vn | pregnant; to have conceived; gestation; pregnancy | |
| 3 | 怀念 | huái niàn | v,vn | to cherish the memory of; to think of; to reminisce | |
| 4 | 坏事 | huài shì | n | bad thing; misdeed; to ruin things | |
| 5 | 怀着 | huáizhe | v | Be with | |
| 6 | 怀里 | huái lǐ | s | embrace; bosom | |
| 7 | 怀抱 | huái bào | n,v | to hug; to cherish; within the bosom (of the family); to embrace (also fig. an ideal, aspiration etc) | |
| 8 | 怀旧 | huái jiù | vn,v | to feel nostalgic; nostalgia | |
| 9 | 槐树 | huái shù | n | locust tree (Sophora japonica) |
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