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忧 yōu

sad, grieving; melancholy, grief

Strokes
7
Level
HSK 6
Radical
忄
Traditional
憂
Type
Picto-phonetic
Made of 忄尤 ⿰忄尤

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  1. 他最近有点忧郁。
    Tā zuìjìn yǒudiǎn yōuyù.
    He's been a bit melancholic lately.
    he recently somewhat melancholic
  2. 是什么让你这么忧郁？
    Shì shénme ràng nǐ zhème yōuyù?
    What is making you so melancholic?
    is what let you so-much melancholic
  3. 别太忧郁了，事情会好起来的。
    Bié tài yōuyù le, shìqing huì hǎo qǐlái de.
    Don't be too melancholic, things will get better.
    don't too melancholic (particle), matters will good become (particle)
  4. 孩子们无忧无虑，一点也不忧郁。
    Háizimen wúyōuwúlǜ, yìdiǎn yě bù yōuyù.
    The children are carefree, not melancholic at all.
    children carefree, a-bit also not melancholic
  5. 有了这笔存款，他晚年生活没有后顾之忧。
    Yǒule zhè bǐ cúnkuǎn, tā wǎnnián shēnghuó méiyǒu hòugùzhīyōu.
    With this savings, his later life has no worries about the future.
    have(ing) this(measure) savings, his later-years life not-have worries-about-the-rear

Words with 忧 (3)