不安

bù ān

HSK 2.0 Level 5 HSK 3.0 Level 6 Common

Definitions

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

Word relationships

Related words

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• 担心 dān xīn 担心 dān xīn anxious 感到忧虑不安: anxious
• 烦躁 fán zào 烦躁 fán zào jittery 心神不安定: jittery
• 焦躁 jiāo zào 焦躁 jiāo zào fretful 焦急不安: fretful

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)

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Words Containing 不安

• 不安其室 不安其室 bù ān qí shì: (idiom) (of a married woman) to be unfaithful; to have extramarital affairs
• 不安分 不安分 bù ān fen: restless
• 不安好心 不安好心 bù ān hǎo xīn: to have bad intentions
• 局促不安 局促不安 jú cù bù ān: ill at ease
• 心神不安 心神不安 xīn shén bù ān: to feel ill at ease
• 忐忑不安 忐忑不安 tǎn tè bù ān: restless
• 惴惴不安 惴惴不安 zhuì zhuì bù ān: to be on tenterhooks (idiom)
• 惶恐不安 惶恐不安 huáng kǒng bù ān: anxious
• 焦虑不安 焦虑不安 jiāo lǜ bù ān: worried too much
• 卧不安 卧不安 wò bù ān: restless insomnia

Child Words of 不安

• 不 不 bù: no; not so
• 安 安 ān: (bound form) calm; peaceful