愁 (sau4 | chou2 cao2) : melancholy; woe

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愁

sau4

chou2 cao2

[1] sad; distressed; worried; unhappy; melancholy [2] depressing; saddening; gloomy [3] [v] be anxious about; worry about [4] sorrow; woe

Stroke count: 13

Level: 4

Radical: 心 (#61)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

愁

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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發愁 faat3 sau4 fa1 chou2 = to worry

慘綠愁紅 caam2 luk6 sau4 hung4 can3 lv4 chou2 hong2 = weather-beaten leaves and flowers

愁雲慘霧 sau4 wan4 caam2 mou6 chou2 yun2 can3 wu4 = gloom; melancholy

愁雲 sau4 wan4 chou2 yun2 = gloom; melancholy

愁苦 sau4 fu2 chou2 ku3 = anxiety; distress

愁腸 sau4 coeng4 chou2 chang2 = feeling of sadness; pent-up feeling of anxiety

愁緒 sau4 seoi5 chou2 xu4 = gloomy; melancholy

愁眉鎖眼 sau4 mei4 so2 ngaan5 chou2 mei2 suo3 yan3 = with knitted brows and lowered eyes

愁眉苦臉 sau4 mei4 fu2 lim5 chou2 mei2 ku3 lian3 = to frown; to pull a long face; to wear a troubled look

愁眉不展 sau4 mei4 bat1 zin2 chou2 mei2 bu4 zhan3 = with knitted brows
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Showing 1 example containing 愁

酒入愁腸，愁更愁！
Idiom: Alcohol cannot cure our pain and sadness.

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Decimal representation of this word: 愁
Unicode code for this character: U+6101 (off-site link)

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