愁 chóu anxious
anxious; worried
怎么记住“愁”: 秋 autumn + 心 heart = anxious. Every autumn, when her son leaves for university, the mother's heart grows heavy and she stays anxious until he calls.
部件结构
愁 = 秋 autumn + 心 heart
- 秋 autumn
- 禾 grain
- 火 fire
- 心 heart
Every autumn, when her son leaves for university, the mother's heart grows heavy and she stays anxious until he calls.
用法
- To worry/be anxious (with a heavy, brooding tone) - 发愁 (fāchóu) fret over, 忧愁 (yōuchóu) melancholy, 犯愁 (fànchóu) be worried.
- 愁眉苦脸 (chóuméi-kǔliǎn) = a worried, woebegone face. 愁 conveys a gloomy, weighed-down worry (often over money, hardship), more poetic than 担心 (dānxīn).