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愁
chóu
1. to worry about
Common • Top 8% ✏️ 13 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

愁
chóu
anxious, worried
HSK 5 13 丶

Compound Words (20)

哀愁
āichóu
sorrow
悲愁
bēichóu
melancholy
愁绪
chóuxù
melancholy
愁肠
chóucháng
anxiety
愁苦
chóukǔ
anxiety
忧愁
yōuchóu
to be worried
犯愁
fànchóu
to worry
发愁
fāchóu
to worry
HSK 5
穷愁
qióngchóu
destitute
解愁
jiěchóu
to relieve melancholy
乡愁
xiāngchóu
homesickness
离愁
líchóu
parting sorrow
一愁莫展
yīchóumòzhǎn
nothing one can do about it
借酒浇愁
jièjiǔjiāochóu
to drown one's sorrows (in alcohol)
多愁善感
duōchóushàngǎn
melancholy and moody (idiom); depressed personality
多愁多病
duōchóuduōbìng
much sorrows and illness (idiom); melancholy and weakly
愁眉不展
chóuméibùzhǎn
with a worried frown
愁眉苦脸
chóuméikǔliǎn
frowning and worried (idiom); showing concern
愁肠百结
chóuchángbǎijié
hundred knots of worry in one's intestines (idiom); weighed down with anxiety
新愁旧恨
xīnchóujiùhèn
new worries added to old hatred (idiom); afflicted by problems old and new

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
2,112
Word Frequency Rank
6,584 of 84,292

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