<p>• 安慰 = comfort</p>

<p>• 照顾 = to look after</p>

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<p>Here’s <em>ABC</em>’s definition and sample sentence for 安慰</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>comfort; console</p>
  
  <p>安慰她几句。<br>
  Ānwèi ²tā jǐ jù.<br>
  Say a few words to comfort her.    </p>
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<p>Here’s <em>ABC</em>’s definition of 照顾:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>1 look after; care for; attend to</p>
  
  <p>2 consider; take into account</p>
  
  <p>特殊情况可以照顾。<br>
  Tèshū qíngkuàng kẹ̌yǐ zhàogu.<br>
  We'll give consideration to special cases.    </p>
  
  <p>3 TRAD.<br>
  patronize (as a customer)</p>
</blockquote>

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Mou某
<p>安慰 "make somebody 'not sad'"</p>

<p>照顾 "take care of somebody"</p>

<p>The difference is quite literal in a sense.</p>

<p>(I'm Chinese, but not a grammar expert...)</p>

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shangjiaxuan
<p>We usually use chatting to 安慰，such as some fell sad and we should speak something to him to make him happy, this action like 安慰。</p>

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<p>He's upset, so I comfort him.) 他生病了，我照顾他。(He's sick, so I took care of him.)[![</p>

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Wening Guan
<p>安慰 (anwei) is used for mental care, similar in meaning to "comfort/consolation". 
照顾 (zhaogu) is used for daily care, like that of parents towards kids, nanny towards a baby, nurse towards patients, etc.</p>

<p>Typical use:
他生气了，我安慰他。(He's upset, so I comfort him.)
他生病了，我照顾他。(He's sick, so I took care of him.)</p>

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Thanks guys - that's really clear now :-)
Hashamyim
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安慰傷心的人(comfort sad people)；安撫生氣的人 (appease angry people)
Tang Ho
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Agree with the comments on this page, 安慰 is not *mentally care*, which in English sounds like a job given to caregivers in a psychiatric hospital. The rest of the answer is good.
dROOOze
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As everyone said - 安慰 is simply to comfort, even a hug and a few nice words, but 照顾 is actual caring for, providing with things and help.
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Reed Grey
<p>Anyone know the difference between these two verbs? Both seem to mean 'to care for'. Google image search seems to show more Mother/children/illness care for 照顾, but 安慰 also seems to be largely person based (as opposed to caring for a sofa by not leaving dirty plates on it!). </p>

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照顾 vs 安慰 zhaogu vs anwei
# 照顾 vs 安慰 zhaogu vs anwei

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-12-19)

Anyone know the difference between these two verbs? Both seem to mean 'to care for'. Google image search seems to show more Mother/children/illness care for 照顾, but 安慰 also seems to be largely person based (as opposed to caring for a sofa by not leaving dirty plates on it!).

**Tags:** word-choice, vocabulary


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## 5 answers

### Answer by username_5 on 2018-12-19. Score: 6 | Accepted answer

安慰 (anwei) is used for mental care, similar in meaning to "comfort/consolation".
照顾 (zhaogu) is used for daily care, like that of parents towards kids, nanny towards a baby, nurse towards patients, etc.

Typical use:
他生气了，我安慰他。(He's upset, so I comfort him.)
他生病了，我照顾他。(He's sick, so I took care of him.)

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thanks guys - that's really clear now :-)  
> **username_6**: 安慰傷心的人(comfort sad people)；安撫生氣的人 (appease angry people)  
> **username_7**: Agree with the comments on this page, 安慰 is not *mentally care*, which in English sounds like a job given to caregivers in a psychiatric hospital. The rest of the answer is good.  
> **username_8**: As everyone said - 安慰 is simply to comfort, even a hug and a few nice words, but 照顾 is actual caring for, providing with things and help.  

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### Answer by username_1 on 2018-12-19. Score: 3

• 安慰 = comfort

• 照顾 = to look after

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Here’s *ABC*’s definition and sample sentence for 安慰

> comfort; console
>
> 安慰她几句。  
> Ānwèi ²tā jǐ jù.  
> Say a few words to comfort her.

Here’s *ABC*’s definition of 照顾:

> 1 look after; care for; attend to
>
> 2 consider; take into account
>
> 特殊情况可以照顾。  
> Tèshū qíngkuàng kẹ̌yǐ zhàogu.  
> We'll give consideration to special cases.
>
> 3 TRAD.  
> patronize (as a customer)


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### Answer by username_2 on 2018-12-22. Score: 2

安慰 "make somebody 'not sad'"

照顾 "take care of somebody"

The difference is quite literal in a sense.

(I'm Chinese, but not a grammar expert...)


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### Answer by username_3 on 2018-12-24. Score: 1

We usually use chatting to 安慰，such as some fell sad and we should speak something to him to make him happy, this action like 安慰。


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### Answer by username_4 on 2018-12-25. Score: 0

He's upset, so I comfort him.) 他生病了，我照顾他。(He's sick, so I took care of him.)[![

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