huái bào

Traditional: 懷抱

HSK 7–9

怀抱 (huái bào) is a Chinese word meaning “to hug; to cherish; within the bosom (of the family)”.

Meanings

  1. 1to hug
  2. 2to cherish
  3. 3within the bosom (of the family)
  4. 4to embrace (also fig. an ideal, aspiration etc)
Part of speech
verb, noun

Characters in 怀抱

怀huái · bosom抱bào · to hold

Related words

抱歉to be sorry怀疑to doubt (sth); to be skeptical of抱to hold怀孕pregnant抱怨to complain拥抱to embrace怀bosom怀surname Huai怀念to cherish the memory of抱抱to hug; to give a cuddle怀里embrace心怀to harbor (thoughts)

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