忧 yōu
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 忄 — heart
- Made of
- 忄 heart 尤 especially, particularly
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
忧愁
yōuchóu
sorrowful; melancholy
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Example phrases
- 长期的失业让他变得忧愁沉默，甚至不愿参加家庭聚会。 Chángqī de shīyè ràng tā biàn de yōuchóu chénmò, shènzhì bú yuàn cānjiā jiātíng jùhuì. Long-term unemployment made him sorrowful and silent, even unwilling to attend family gatherings.
- 奶奶忧愁地坐在门口，等着远行的儿子回来。 Nǎinai yōuchóu de zuò zài ménkǒu, děngzhe yuǎnxíng de érzi huílái. Grandmother sat sorrowfully at the doorway, waiting for her son who had gone far away to come home.
- 别再忧愁了，问题总会慢慢解决的。 Bié zài yōuchóu le, wèntí zǒng huì mànmàn jiějué de. Don't be sorrowful anymore; the problems will slowly be resolved in the end.
Related words
- 担忧 dānyōu to worry, to be anxious
- 后顾之忧 hòugùzhīyōu worries for the future; domestic worries
- 无忧无虑 wúyōuwúlǜ carefree; free from worries
- 忧虑 yōulǜ to worry; anxiety; concern
- 忧郁 yōuyù melancholy; gloomy
- 愁 chóu to worry; to be sad
- 发愁 fāchóu to worry, to feel anxious
- 愁眉苦脸 chóuméikǔliǎn to look worried; to pull a long face
- 犯愁 fànchóu to worry; to be troubled by
- 抑郁 yìyù depressed; melancholy
- 无精打采 wújīngdǎcǎi listless; dispirited
- 郁闷 yùmèn depressed; gloomy; frustrated