"忧" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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忧
Trad. 憂
Radical
Radical
(Bushou)		 心
Strokes 4
Composition
Strokes 7
Structure
Decomp. 忄尢丶
忄 + 尤
Prononciation
Mandarin yōu
Entry Methods
Pinyin you1
Kanji /
Cangjie
 PIKU
心戈乂山
Sijiao 930.1
Wubi NDNN
CNS 11643 3-2574
Encodages (hexa)
Unicode U+5FE7
GB2312 D3C7
忧 yōu to worry / to concern oneself with / worried / anxiety / sorrow / (literary) to observe mourning
Results beginning with 忧
忧郁 yōu yù sullen / depressed / melancholy / dejected
忧伤 yōu shāng distressed / laden with grief
忧虑 yōu lu:4 to worry / anxiety (about)
忧愁 yōu chóu to be worried
忧心 yōu xīn concerned / worried / disturbed / anxious
忧患 yōu huàn suffering / misery / hardship
忧思 yōu sī to be anxious and worried / agitated / pensive
忧惧 yōu jù apprehension / apprehensive
忧闷 yōu mèn depressed / full of worries / feeling down
忧容 yōu róng (literary) worried facial expression
忧悒 yōu yì anxious / distressed / burdened with care
忧灼 yōu zhuó worrying
忧郁症 yōu yù zhèng (psychology) depression
忧心忡忡 yōu xīn chōng chōng deeply worried and sick at heart (idiom)
忧苦以终 yōu kǔ yǐ zhōng worried to death (idiom)
Approximate Results for 忧
担忧 dān yōu to worry / to be concerned
隐忧 yǐn yōu secret concern / private worry
堪忧 kān yōu worrying / bleak
分忧 fēn yōu to share tribulations / to help sb with worries and difficulties
烦忧 fán yōu to worry / to fret
报忧 bào yōu to report bad news / to announce failure, shortcoming or disaster
耽忧 dān yōu variant of 擔憂|担忧[dan1 you1]
丁忧 dīng yōu (literary) to be in mourning after the death of a parent
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忘忧草 wàng yōu cǎo daylily (Hemerocallis fulva)
后顾之忧 hòu gù zhī yōu 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"
无忧无虑 wú yōu wú lu:4 carefree and without worries (idiom)
排忧解难 pái yōu jiě nàn to resolve a difficult situation and leave worries behind (idiom)
高枕无忧 gāo zhěn wú yōu to sleep peacefully (idiom) / (fig.) to rest easy / to be free of worries
杞人忧天 Qǐ rén yōu tiān man of Qǐ / fears the sky falling (idiom) / groundless fears
内忧外患 nèi yōu wài huàn internal trouble and outside aggression (idiom) / in a mess both domestically and abroad
杞国忧天 Qǐ guó yōu tiān man of Qǐ / fears the sky falling (idiom) / groundless fears
杞国之忧 Qǐ guó zhī yōu see 杞人之憂|杞人之忧[Qi3ren2 zhi1 you1]
杞人之忧 Qǐ rén zhī yōu lit. the fear held by a man of 杞[Qi3] that the sky would fall (idiom) / fig. groundless fears
饱经忧患 bǎo jīng yōu huàn having experienced much suffering
抗忧郁药 kàng yōu yù yào antidepressant
内忧外困 nèi yōu wài kùn internal trouble and outside aggression (idiom) / in a mess both domestically and abroad
杞国忧天 Qǐ guó - yōu tiān see 杞人憂天|杞人忧天[Qi3ren2-you1tian1]
杞人忧天 Qǐ rén - yōu tiān lit. like the man of 杞[Qi3] who feared the sky would fall (idiom) / fig. to entertain groundless fears
无忧无虑 wú yōu - wú lu:4 (idiom) carefree / without worries
喜忧参半 xǐ yōu cān bàn to have mixed feelings (about sth)
殷忧启圣 yīn yōu qǐ shèng deep suffering can lead to enlightenment (idiom) / storms make oaks take deeper root
衣食无忧 yī shí wú yōu not having to worry about clothes and food (idiom) / to be provided with the basic necessities
替古人担忧 tì gǔ rén dān yōu to fret over the worries of long-departed people (idiom) / to worry unnecessarily / crying over spilt milk / often used with negatives, e.g. no need to worry about past issues
替古人耽忧 tì gǔ rén dān yōu to fret over the worries of long-departed people (idiom) / to worry unnecessarily / crying over spilt milk / often used with negatives, e.g. no need to worry about past issues
产后忧郁症  post-partum depression / baby blues
报喜不报忧 bào xǐ bù bào yōu to report only the good news, not the bad news / to hold back unpleasant news / to sweep bad news under the carpet
人无远虑，必有近忧 rén wú yuǎn lu:4 , bì yǒu jìn yōu He who gives no thought to far-flung problems soon finds suffering nearby (idiom, from Analects). / Smug concentration on the here and now will lead to future sorrow.
生于忧患，死于安乐 shēng yú yōu huàn , sǐ yú ān lè to thrive in calamity and perish in soft living (idiom) / life springs from sorrow and calamity, death comes from ease and pleasure
一则以喜，一则以忧 yī zé - yǐ xǐ , yī zé - yǐ yōu (idiom) happy on the one hand, but worried on the other
一则以喜，一则以忧 yī zé yǐ xǐ , yī zé yǐ yōu happy on the one hand, but worried on the other (idiom)
先天下之忧而忧，后天下之乐而乐 xiān tiān xià zhī yōu ér yōu , hòu tiān xià zhī lè ér lè to be the first to worry about affairs of state, and the last to enjoy oneself (quotation from the essay On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记[Yue4yang2 Lou2 Ji4] by Song writer Fan Zhongyan 范仲淹[Fan4 Zhong4yan1])
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