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Keyword
to worry
  • sad
  • grieving
  • melancholy
  • grief
Frequency
#1594
Strokes
7
Readings
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Mnemonic
忄 (heart) gives the meaning and 尤 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
担忧dānyōu
to worry; to be concerned
忧虑yōulǜ
to worry; anxiety (about)
忧郁yōuyù
sullen; depressed; melancholy; dejected
忧yōu
to worry; to concern oneself with; worried; anxiety; sorrow; (literary) to observe mourning
忧伤yōushāng
distressed; laden with grief
忧心yōuxīn
concerned; worried; disturbed; anxious
忧愁yōuchóu
to be worried
隐忧yǐnyōu
secret concern; private worry
无忧无虑wúyōuwúlǜ
(idiom) carefree; without worries
忧郁症yōuyùzhèng
(psychology) depression
忧心忡忡yōuxīnchōngchōng
deeply worried and sick at heart (idiom)
后顾之忧hòugùzhīyōu
fears of trouble in the rear (idiom); family worries (obstructing freedom of action); worries about the future consequences; often in negative expressions, meaning "no worries about anything"
堪忧kānyōu
worrying; bleak
忧患yōuhuàn
suffering; misery; hardship
排忧解难páiyōujiěnàn
to resolve a difficult situation and leave worries behind (idiom)
杞人忧天Qǐrényōutiān
(lit.) like the man of 杞 (Qǐ) who feared the sky would fall (idiom); (fig.) to entertain groundless fears
内忧外患nèiyōuwàihuàn
internal trouble and outside aggression (idiom); in a mess both domestically and abroad
高枕无忧gāozhěnwúyōu
to sleep peacefully (idiom); (fig.) to rest easy; to be free of worries
分忧fēnyōu
to share tribulations; to help sb with worries and difficulties
烦忧fányōu
to worry; to fret
喜忧参半xǐyōucānbàn
to have mixed feelings (about sth)
报忧bàoyōu
to report bad news; to announce failure, shortcoming or disaster
丁忧dīngyōu
(literary) to be in mourning after the death of a parent
忧思yōusī
to be anxious and worried; agitated; pensive