安好 (ān hǎo) — safe and well; in good health; everything is fi…

Definition

Written/formal way to say 'safe and well' — mostly used in well-wishes (祝您安好) and letters about someone's health, not everyday speech.

verb

safe and wellin good healtheverything is fine

安好，。
Zhù nín yí qiè ān hǎo, wàn shì rú yì.
Wishing you all the best and everything goes as you wish.
，安好，。
Shōu dào nǐ de xìn, dé zhī dà jiā dōu hěn ān hǎo, wǒ jiù fàng xīn le.
After receiving your letter and learning that everyone is well, I felt relieved.
，安好。
Suī rán jīng lì le nà me duō kùn nan, zuì zhōng quán jiā ān hǎo.
Although we experienced so many difficulties, in the end the whole family was safe and sound.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

安 means safe and 好 means well; together they describe being safe and in good health.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

宀女安

Meaning part形符xíngfú

宀宀mián

Sound part声符shēngfú

女

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

In 安, 宀 sits above a seated 女 on a cushion; 宀 is the meaning part, 女 is the sound part, and the character originally meant sitting at ease.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

女子好

好 joins 女 (woman) and 子 (child), understood as a woman with a child, linked to goodness or affection.