Definitions

1. Adjective:
   • Insecure, unsafe: A state of lacking safety, stability, or certainty, often causing worry or fear.
   • Anxious, uneasy: A feeling of mental or emotional discomfort, worry, or apprehension about potential problems or dangers.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Tình hình chính trị trong khu vực rất bất an. (The political situation in the region is very insecure.)
  • Cô ấy cảm thấy bất an về tương lai của mình. (She feels anxious about her future.)
  • Một cảm giác bất an mơ hồ bao trùm lên thị trấn. (A vague feeling of unease hung over the town.)

Advanced Usage

• "Lòng bất an": A feeling of anxiety/unease in one's heart.
  • Lòng bất an khiến anh ấy không thể ngủ được. (The anxiety in his heart kept him from sleeping.)
• Used in formal or literary contexts to describe situations, atmospheres, or internal feelings.

Variants and Related Words

• Bất ổn (adj): Unstable, unsettled. Often used for political or social situations. (e.g., - an unstable situation).
• Lo âu (adj): Worried, anxious. Focuses more on the emotional state of worry.
• Bồn chồn (adj): Restless, fidgety. Describes a physical manifestation of anxiety.

Synonyms

• Không an toàn: Not safe, unsafe.
• Lo lắng: Worried, concerned.
• Bứt rứt: Restless, uneasy (often with a sense of guilt or regret).

Related Phrases (Collocations)

• Tâm trạng bất an: An uneasy state of mind.
  • Tin tức đó gây ra tâm trạng bất an cho mọi người. (That news caused an uneasy state of mind for everyone.)
• Cảm giác bất an: A feeling of insecurity/unease.
  • Cảm giác bất an lan tỏa khắp phòng. (A feeling of unease spread throughout the room.)

Related Idioms

• "Ăn không ngon, ngủ không yên": (To eat without taste, sleep without peace). This idiom describes a state of deep worry and anxiety, similar to the feeling of .
  • Quá bất an về khoản nợ, ông ấy ăn không ngon, ngủ không yên. (So anxious about the debt, he could neither eat nor sleep in peace.)

1. (ít dùng) Without security; unsafe
   • Tình hình bất an
     An usafe situation