愁 (sau4) — gloomy; distressed; grieved in Cantonese
sauˎ₄愁Mandarin Pinyin: chou2
Meaning of 愁
noungloomy; distressed; grieved
nounsadness; melancholy; sorrow
nounworry about; be anxious; be uneasy about
noun(adjective) 1. Sad; 2. Worried
Example Sentences with 愁
zauˊ²酒japˍ₆入sauˎ₄愁coengˎ₄腸，，愁sauˎ₄更gang˗₃愁！
Idiom: Alcohol cannot cure our pain and sadness.
gamˉ¹今shikˍ₆昔geiˊ²幾doˉ¹多sauˎ₄愁
So much sorrow between now and then.
niˉ¹呢mukˍ₆幕kauˉ¹勾heiˊ²起sauˎ₄愁seoiˍ₆緒
This scene evokes sadness.
siu˗₃少ninˎ₄年batˉ¹不ziˉ¹知sau4.愁。
Youth knows no sorrow.
keoiˏ₅佢houˊ²好sauˎ₄愁
He looks very sad.
Words Containing 愁
窮愁潦倒kung4 sau4 lou5 dou2
living in poverty and feeling dispirited
愁眉不展sau4 mei4 bat1 zin2
with knitted brows
發愁faat3 sau4
to worry; to be concerned; to be anxious; to become sad; sullen | [粵]: 愁, 閉翳
愁雲慘霧sau4 wan4 caam2 mou6
gloom; melancholy
愁苦sau4 fu2
anxiety; distress
愁腸sau4 coeng4
feeling of sadness; pent-up feeling of anxiety
借酒澆愁ze3 zau2 giu1 sau4
to drown one's sorrows
愁眉鎖眼sau4 mei4 so2 ngaan5
with knitted brows and lowered eyes
愁緒sau4 seoi5
gloomy; melancholy
愁雲sau4 wan4
gloom; melancholy
愁思sau4 si1
feeling of anxiety; sad thoughts
愁眉苦臉sau4 mei4 fu2 lim5
to frown; to pull a long face; to wear a troubled look | [粵]: 苦口苦面
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