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不安

bù ān
HSK 2.0 Level 5 HSK 3.0 Level 6 Common

Definitions

  1. 1. unpeaceful
  2. 2. unstable
  3. 3. uneasy
  4. 4. disturbed
  5. 5. restless
  6. 6. worried

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Word relationships

Related words

3 items
担心
dān xīn

anxious

感到忧虑不安
烦躁
fán zào

jittery

心神不安定
焦躁
jiāo zào

fretful

焦急不安

Usage notes

Collocations

Commonly used with 心里 (心里不安) or 感到 (感到不安); avoid literal translations like *我是不安.

Common mistakes

不安 is an adjective, not a verb; you cannot say *我很大不安 or *不安他. To express "make someone uneasy", use 让...不安.

Example Sentences

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听到这个消息后，他心里很 不安 。
After hearing this news, he felt very uneasy.
我有點 不安 。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 6147596)
湯姆還是 不安 。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 6633887)
你爲什麼 不安 靜？
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 10040440)

Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org. AI-generated examples are marked with this icon.

Words Containing 不安

不安其室
bù ān qí shì

(idiom) (of a married woman) to be unfaithful; to have extramarital affairs

不安分
bù ān fen

restless

不安好心
bù ān hǎo xīn

to have bad intentions

坐立不安
zuò lì bù ān
局促不安
jú cù bù ān

ill at ease

心神不安
xīn shén bù ān

to feel ill at ease

忐忑不安
tǎn tè bù ān

restless

惴惴不安
zhuì zhuì bù ān

to be on tenterhooks (idiom)

惶恐不安
huáng kǒng bù ān

anxious

焦虑不安
jiāo lǜ bù ān

worried too much

卧不安
wò bù ān

restless insomnia

Child Words of 不安

不
bù

no; not so

安
ān

(bound form) calm; peaceful