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
忧虑
yōulǜ
to worry; anxiety; concern
Characters in this word
虑 lǜ
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 心 — heart
- Made of
- 虍 tiger 心 heart
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 专家忧虑的是，短期刺激可能掩盖了产业结构的深层问题。 Zhuānjiā yōulǜ de shì, duǎnqī cìjī kěnéng yǎngài le chǎnyè jiégòu de shēncéng wèntí. What experts worry about is that short-term stimulus may conceal deeper problems in the industrial structure.
- 父母忧虑孩子沉迷手机，成绩一直下滑。 Fùmǔ yōulǜ háizi chénmí shǒujī, chéngjì yīzhí xiàhuá. The parents worry that their child is addicted to the phone, and their grades keep slipping.
- 母亲天天忧虑，夜里常常睡不好觉。 Mǔqīn tiāntiān yōulǜ, yèlǐ chángcháng shuì bu hǎo jiào. The mother worries every day and often sleeps badly at night.
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
- 忧愁 yōuchóu sorrowful; melancholy
- 忧郁 yōuyù melancholy; gloomy
- 考虑 kǎolǜ to consider
- 焦虑 jiāolǜ anxious
- 顾虑 gùlǜ concern; misgiving; to worry about
- 疑虑 yílǜ doubts; misgivings
- 羞愧 xiūkuì ashamed; abashed
- 心慌 xīnhuāng flustered; panicky
- 羞耻 xiūchǐ shameful; ashamed