憂
yōu
sad, grieved; grief, melancholy
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 心
- HSK
- —
- Tone
- 1
Simplified form: 忧
Stroke order
Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 忧, the simplified form of 憂. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.
Example sentences
你为什么为我担忧？
Nǐ wèi shén me wèi wǒ dān yōu
Why are you worried about me?
我们为她的安全担忧。
Wǒ men wèi tā de ān quán dān yōu
We are anxious about her safety.
担忧只是想象力的误用。
Dān yōu zhǐ shì xiǎng xiàng lì de wù yòng
Most of the things you worry about never happen!
只有少数的人是无忧无虑的。
Zhǐ yǒu shǎo shù de rén shì wú yōu wú lǜ de
Few people are free from cares.
Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.
Words containing 忧
- 担忧dān yōu 1–1 to worry; to be concerned
- 忧郁yōu yù 1–4 sullen; depressed; melancholy; dejected
- 无忧无虑wú yōu wú lǜ 2–1–2–4carefree and without worries (idiom)
- 后顾之忧hòu gù zhī yōu 4–4–1–1fears 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"
- 忧虑yōu lǜ 1–4 to worry; anxiety (about)
- 忧愁yōu chóu 1–2 to be worried