怀 huái
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 忄 — heart
- Made of
- 忄 heart 不 no, not, un-
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
怀旧
huáijiù
nostalgia; to be nostalgic
Characters in this word
旧 jiù
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 日 — sun
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这部电影并不单纯怀旧，而是借旧时代的影像反思现代化的代价。 Zhè bù diànyǐng bìng bù dānchún huáijiù, ér shì jiè jiù shídài de yǐngxiàng fǎnsī xiàndàihuà de dàijià. This film is not simply nostalgic; it uses images of an older era to reflect on the cost of modernisation.
- 听到这首老歌，爷爷不禁怀旧起来。 Tīngdào zhè shǒu lǎo gē, yéye bùjīn huáijiù qǐlái. Hearing this old song, Grandpa could not help feeling nostalgic.
- 这家怀旧咖啡馆里摆满了几十年前的老物件。 Zhè jiā huáijiù kāfēiguǎn lǐ bǎi mǎn le jǐ shí nián qián de lǎo wùjiàn. This nostalgic café is full of old objects from several decades ago.
Related words
- 怀念 huáiniàn to miss; to long for
- 怀疑 huáiyí to doubt; to suspect
- 关怀 guānhuái to care for
- 怀 huái chest, bosom; to hold in mind
- 怀孕 huáiyùn to be pregnant
- 怀抱 huáibào to cherish; hold in one's arms; embrace
- 满怀 mǎnhuái to be filled with; full of
- 缅怀 miǎnhuái to cherish the memory of; to commemorate
- 情怀 qínghuái sentiment; feelings; emotional attachment
- 胸怀 xiōnghuái to harbour; breadth of mind; vision
- 旧 jiù old; used
- 仍旧 réngjiù still; as before