憂 (jau1) — worry about; look worried/troubled in Cantonese
jauˉ¹憂简 忧
Mandarin Pinyin: you1
Meaning of 憂
nounworry about; look worried/troubled
nounsorrow; anxiety; distress
nounfuneral arrangements for parents
Example Sentences with 憂
天真爛漫的孩子們過著無憂無慮的生活
Innocent children, unaffected by the surroundings, live without a worry in the world.
jauˉ¹憂leoiˍ₆慮maanˏ₅慢maanˍ₆慢siuˉ¹消saan3.散。
Worries slowly faded away.
pouˏ₅抱joengˍ₆恙matˍ₆勿jau1.憂。
Don't worry about being sick.
keoiˏ₅佢jauˉ¹憂fanˍ₆憤naanˎ₄難pingˎ₄平。
He was filled with indignation.
jauˉ¹憂fanˍ₆憤gamˊ²咁joengˍ₆樣。
So indignant.
Words Containing 憂
憂慮jau1 leoi6
anxiety, concern, worried
分憂fan1 jau1
help someone with worries and difficulties
養兒一百歲，長憂九十九joeng5 ji4 jat1 baak3 seoi3 coeng4 jau1 gau2 sap6 gau2
生兒一百歲,長憂九十九
憂心忡忡jau1 sam1 cung1 cung1
laden with anxiety; burdened by worries
擔憂daam1 jau1
to worry | [粵]: 掛慮
唔憂m4 jau1
no need to worry
憂傷jau1 soeng1
distressed; sad; worried; grieved
隱憂jan2 jau1
secret worry
憂心jau1 sam1
anxiety, worry
憂鬱症jau1 wat1 zing3
melancholia; hypochondriac
杞人憂天gei2 jan4 jau1 tin1
entertain imaginary or groundless fears (like the man of Qi who was haunted by the fear that the sky might fall)
食飽冇憂米sik6 baau2 mou5 jau1 mai5
be oblivious to the hardships of life; no nothing about the difficulties of life
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