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不安

bù ān · bu an

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

HSK 3Old HSK 5

Meaning

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

    灯灯(dēngdēng)，你(nǐ)今天(jīntiān)怎么(zěnme)不(bù)吃饭(chīfàn)？

    Dengdeng, why are you not eating today?

  2. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)有点(yǒudiǎn)不安(bùān)，明天(míngtiān)要(yào)考试(kǎoshì)。

    I am a little uneasy. I have an exam tomorrow.

  3. Liangliang

    别(bié)不安(bùān)，你(nǐ)不是(bùshì)复习(fùxí)很久(hěnjiǔ)了(le)吗(ma)？

    Do not be uneasy. Have you not studied for a long time?

  4. Dengdeng

    可是(kěshì)我(wǒ)一想(yīxiǎng)考试(kǎoshì)，心里(xīnli)就(jiù)不安(bùān)。

    But as soon as I think of the exam, I feel uneasy.

  5. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)不安(bùān)的时候(deshíhou)，会(huì)吃(chī)三个(sāngè)包子(bāozi)。

    When I am uneasy, I eat three buns.

  6. Dengdeng

    好(hǎo)，那(nà)我(wǒ)明天(míngtiān)早上(zǎoshang)也(yě)吃(chī)三个(sāngè)包子(bāozi)！

    OK, then I will eat three buns tomorrow morning too!

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2 examples
01

想(xiǎng)到(dào)自(zì)己(jǐ)的(de)未(wèi)来(lái)，她(tā)不(bù)安(ān)起(qǐ)来(lái)。

Thinking about her future, she is unsettled.

Tatoeba: Chinese by User5120 · English by iainmb93 · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

听(tīng)到(dào)这(zhè)个(ge)消(xiāo)息(xi)，他(tā)心(xīn)里(lǐ)很(hěn)不(bù)安(ān)。

Hearing this news, he felt very uneasy.

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不
bù

no; not so; (bound form) not; un-

安
ān

(bound form) calm; peaceful; to calm; to set at ease

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