发愁
fā chóuㄈㄚ ㄔㄡˊ
Sino-Vietnamese: PHÁT SẦU
Traditional: 發愁
HSK 5HSK 3.0 · 6
Meaning(verb)
to worry; to fret; to be anxious; to become sad
Pattern: 为……发愁 (worry about …).
Examples
他正在为找工作发愁。
tā zhèng zài wèi zhǎo gōng zuò fā chóu.
He's worried about finding a job.
别发愁了，办法总会有的。
bié fā chóu le, bàn fǎ zǒng huì yǒu de.
Stop worrying; there's always a way.
妈妈每个月都为房租发愁。
mā ma měi gè yuè dōu wèi fáng zū fā chóu.
Mom frets about the rent every month.
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Stroke order
PHÁT · 5 strokes
to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop; to make a bundle of money; classifier for gunshots (rounds)
SẦU · 13 strokes
to worry about
Related words
- 发现 fā xiàn — to notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect; a discovery
- 头发 tóu fa — hair (on the head)
- 发烧 fā shāo — to have a high temperature (from illness); to have a fever
- 发生 fā shēng — to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out
- 发 fā — to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop; to make a bundle of money; classifier for gunshots (rounds)
- 发展 fā zhǎn — development; growth; to develop; to grow; to expand
- 出发 chū fā — to set off; to start (on a journey)
- 沙发 shā fā — sofa (loanword); (Internet slang) the first reply or replier to a forum post