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忧

yōu

HSK 6 Character Traditional 憂

What 忧 means

1. to worry
2. to concern oneself with
3. worried
4. anxiety
5. sorrow
6. literaryto observe mourning

Example sentences

• 今天我很忧郁。
  Jīntiān wǒ hěn yōuyù.
  Today I feel melancholy.
• 你为什么为我担忧？
  Nǐ wèishénme wèi wǒ dānyōu?
  Why are you worried about me?
• 好忧愁的一个男人。
  Hǎo yōuchóu de yī ge nánrén.
  What a sad man!
• 你为什幺为我担忧？
  Why are you worried about me?
• 我们为她的安全担忧。
  Wǒmen wèi tā de ānquán dānyōu.
  We are anxious about her safety.
• 她偶尔有忧郁的心情。
  Tā ǒu'ěr yǒu yōuyù de xīnqíng.
  She sometimes gets depressed.

Words starting with 忧

• 忧郁yōu yùsullen; depressed; melancholy; dejected
• 忧伤yōu shāngdistressed; laden with grief
• 忧虑yōu lǜto worry; anxiety (about)
• 忧愁yōu chóuto be worried
• 忧心忡忡yōu xīn chōng chōngdeeply worried and sick at heart (idiom)
• 忧患yōu huànsuffering; misery; hardship
• 忧心yōu xīnconcerned; worried; disturbed
• 忧郁症yōu yù zhèng(psychology) depression
• 忧容yōu róng(literary) worried facial expression
• 忧思yōu sīto be anxious and worried; agitated; pensive
• 忧惧yōu jùapprehension; apprehensive
• 忧闷yōu mèndepressed; full of worries; feeling down
• 忧灼yōu zhuóworrying
• 忧悒yōu yìanxious; distressed; burdened with care

Words containing 忧

• 无忧无虑wú yōu wú lǜ(idiom) carefree; without worries
• 后顾之忧hòu gù zhī yōufears of trouble in the rear (idiom); family worries (obstructing freedom of action)…
• 担忧dān yōuto worry; to be concerned
• 杞人忧天Qǐ rén yōu tiān(lit.) like the man of 杞; (fig.) to entertain groundless fears
• 隐忧yǐn yōusecret concern; private worry
• 分忧fēn yōuto share tribulations; to help sb with worries and difficulties
• 排忧解难pái yōu jiě nànto resolve a difficult situation and leave worries behind (idiom)
• 丁忧dīng yōu(literary) to be in mourning after the death of a parent
• 报忧bào yōuto report bad news; to announce failure, shortcoming or disaster
• 烦忧fán yōuto worry; to fret
• 忘忧草wàng yōu cǎodaylily (Hemerocallis fulva)
• 内忧外困nèi yōu wài kùninternal trouble and outside aggression (idiom); in a mess both domestically and abroad
• 内忧外患nèi yōu wài huàninternal trouble and outside aggression (idiom); in a mess both domestically and abroad
• 衣食无忧yī shí wú yōunot having to worry about clothes and food (idiom)…
• 报喜不报忧bào xǐ bù bào yōuto report only the good news, not the bad news; to hold back unpleasant news…
• 替古人担忧tì gǔ rén dān yōuto fret over the worries of long-departed people (idiom); to worry unnecessarily…
• 堪忧kān yōuworrying; bleak
• 抗忧郁药kàng yōu yù yàoantidepressant
• 饱经忧患bǎo jīng yōu huànhaving experienced much suffering
• 高枕无忧gāo zhěn wú yōuto sleep peacefully (idiom); (fig.) to rest easy; to be free of worries
• 殷忧启圣yīn yōu qǐ shèngdeep suffering can lead to enlightenment (idiom); storms make oaks take deeper root
• 杞人之忧Qǐ rén zhī yōu(lit.) the fear held by a man of 杞; (fig.) groundless fears
• 喜忧参半xǐ yōu cān bànto have mixed feelings (about sth)
• 一则以喜，一则以忧yī zé yǐ xǐ , yī zé yǐ yōuhappy on the one hand, but worried on the other

Characters built on 尤

These share the phonetic component 尤 (yóu), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 优yōuexcellent; superior
• 犹yóuas if; (just) like; just as
• 鱿yóu(bound form) squid
• 疣yóunodule; wart

Characters that look like 忧

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 使shǐto make; to cause; to enable
• 优yōuexcellent; superior
• 扰rǎoto disturb
• 忱chénsincerity; honesty
• 伎jìartistry; talent; skill
• 伉kàngspouse; big and tall; strong

Sounds the same

Read yōu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 优excellent; superior
• 幽remote; hidden away; secluded
• 悠long or drawn out; remote in time or space; leisurely
• 呦Oh! (exclamation of dismay etc); used in 呦呦
• 攸distant, far; adverbial prefix
• 耰harrow
• 鄾place name
• 櫌harrow
• 麀female deer; doe; female animal