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焦虑

jiāo lǜ

HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 焦慮

焦虑 (jiāo lǜ) means "anxious; worried; apprehensive". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 焦虑 means

1. anxious
2. worried
3. apprehensive

The characters in 焦虑

• 焦jiāoburnt; scorched; charred
• 虑lǜto think over; to consider; anxiety

Example sentences

• 周一让人焦虑。
  Zhōuyī ràng rén jiāolǜ.
  Monday makes people anxious.
• 她感到非常焦虑。
  She felt very anxious.
• 我感到万分焦虑。
  I felt incredibly nervous.
• 考试前夕，他特别焦虑。
  Kǎoshì qiánxī, tā tèbié jiāolǜ.
  He worries excessively on the eve of exams.
• 梅纳德的焦虑感涌了上来。
  Mennad's anxiety was kicking.
• 最近频繁的地震让我们很焦虑。
  Zuì jìn pínfán de dìzhèn ràng wǒmen hěn jiāolǜ.
  The recent frequency of earthquakes makes us nervous.

Words starting with 焦虑

• 焦虑症jiāo lǜ zhèngneurosis; anxiety
• 焦虑不安jiāo lǜ bù ānworried too much

Words containing 焦虑

• 广泛性焦虑症guǎng fàn xìng jiāo lǜ zhènggeneralized anxiety disorder (GAD)

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