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愁

chóu

HSK 5 Character

What 愁 means

1. to worry about

Example sentences

• 不要为这事发愁。
  Bù yào wèi zhè shì fāchóu.
  Don't worry about it.
• 好忧愁的一个男人。
  Hǎo yōuchóu de yī ge nánrén.
  What a sad man!
• 我不知道乡愁的滋味。
  I don't know what it is to be homesick.
• 你借酒浇愁是为了什么事？
  Nǐ jièjiǔjiāochóu shì wèile shénmeshì?
  What pain are you trying to cover up with alcohol?
• 你借酒浇愁是为了什幺事？
  What pain are you trying to cover up with alcohol?
• 对一个科学家来说，多愁善感是不好的。
  Duì yī gè kēxuéjiā lái shuō, duōchóushàngǎn shì bù hǎo de.
  It is not good for a scientist to get emotional.

Words starting with 愁

• 愁眉苦脸chóu méi kǔ liǎnto look anxious (idiom); to look miserable
• 愁苦chóu kǔanxiety; distress
• 愁绪chóu xùmelancholy
• 愁眉不展chóu méi bù zhǎnwith a worried frown
• 愁闷chóu mèndepressed; gloomy
• 愁肠chóu chánganxiety; worries
• 愁肠百结chóu cháng bǎi jiéhundred knots of worry in one's intestines (idiom); weighed down with anxiety

Words containing 愁

• 发愁fā chóuto worry; to fret; to be anxious
• 忧愁yōu chóuto be worried
• 乡愁xiāng chóuhomesickness; nostalgia
• 多愁善感duō chóu shàn gǎn(idiom) emotionally sensitive and prone to melancholy
• 哀愁āi chóusorrow; sadness; distressed; sorrowful
• 犯愁fàn chóuto worry; to be anxious
• 离愁lí chóuparting sorrow; pain of separation
• 悲愁bēi chóumelancholy
• 穷愁qióng chóudestitute; troubled; penniless and full of care
• 解愁jiě chóuto relieve melancholy
• 借酒浇愁jiè jiǔ jiāo chóu(idiom) to drown one's sorrows
• 债多不愁zhài duō bù chóu(lit.) when up to one's ears in debt, one ceases to worry about it (idiom)…
• 多愁多病duō chóu duō bìngmuch sorrows and illness (idiom); melancholy and weakly
• 新愁旧恨xīn chóu jiù hènnew worries added to old hatred (idiom); afflicted by problems old and new
• 消愁解闷xiāo chóu jiě mènlit. to eliminate worry and dispel melancholy (idiom); diversion from boredom…
• 绿惨红愁lǜ cǎn hóng chóu(of women) grieved appearance (idiom); sorrowful mien
• 旧愁新恨jiù chóu xīn hènold worries with new hatred added (idiom); afflicted by problems old and new
• 面带愁容miàn dài chóu róngwith a sad air; looking melancholy; with a worried look
• 穷愁潦倒qióng chóu liáo dǎoimpoverished and dejected; wretched and penniless
• 皇帝女儿不愁嫁huáng dì nǚ ér bù chóu jiàlit. the emperor's daughter does not worry about whether she will be able to marry…
• 怎一个愁字了得zěn yī gè chóu zì liǎo dé…
• 虱子多了不痒，债多了不愁shī zi duō le bù yǎng , zhài duō le bù chóu(lit.) when covered with lice, one doesn't feel the itching anymore, and when up to one's…

Characters that look like 愁

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

• 惩chéngto punish; to reprimand; to warn
• 稍shāosomewhat; a little
• 彭Péngsurname Peng
• 愆qiānfault; transgression
• 鹑chún(bound form) quail
• 鹈tíused in 鹈鹕

Sounds the same

Read chóu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 绸(light) silk
• 筹chip (in gambling); token (for counting); ticket; to prepare; to plan; to raise (funds)…
• 仇hatred; animosity; enmity
• 酬to entertain; to repay; to return
• 畴arable fields; cultivated field; class
• 稠dense; crowded; thick
• 踌used in 踌躇
• 惆forlorn; vexed; disappointed
• 俦comrades; friends; companions
• 雠to collate; to proofread
• 鯈Leuciscus macropus
• 嬦(archaic) used in ladies' names