How to write 愁

愁 [chóu] 1. 忧虑。 Worry; be anxious. - 忧～。 Worry about something. - ～苦。 Suffering from worry. - ～楚。 Anxious and distressed. - ～烦。 Troubled and worried. - ～虑。 Worry and concern. - ～郁。 Feeling weighed down by worry. - ～闷。 Feeling depressed by worries. - ～容。 The expression of worry. - ～绪。 The sentiments of worry. - 借酒浇～。 Drowning one's worries in alcohol. - 多～善感。 Tending to worry and be sentimental. 2. 使受苦。 Cause someone suffering. 3. 怨尤;怨恨。 Have a grudge against someone; hate. --- 愁 [chóu] (形) 1. 凄惨，惨淡。 Gloomy. 2. 悲哀;哀伤。 Grieved; distressed. --- 愁 [chóu] (动) - 【本义】: 忧虑，发愁。 The original meaning: worry; be anxious. - 【造字法】: 形声。从心，秋声。字亦作“愀”。 Etymology: A phono-semantic compound, composed of the heart radical and the sound associated with autumn. Also written as "愀". --- 引文: 1. 《说文》：愁，忧也。 "Shuo Wen": Worry, this means concern. 2. 《礼记·哀公问》：孔子愀然作色而对。 "Li Ji": Confucius looked worried when he replied. 3. 《荀子·脩身》：见善愀然。 "Xunzi": Seen in goodness, one feels worried. 4. 《左传·襄公二十九年》：哀而不愁，乐而不荒。 "Zuo Zhuan": Grieve without worry, rejoice without becoming unruly. 5. 李白《菩萨蛮》：暝色入高楼，有人楼上愁。 Li Bai's "Bodhisattva Man": The dim light enters the tall building, there is someone up there worrying. 6. 辛弃疾《菩萨蛮》：江晚正愁余，山深闻鹧胡。 Xin Qiji's "Bodhisattva Man": The river in the evening is worrying me, deep in the mountains I hear the cuckoo. 7. 李白《秋浦歌》：白发三千丈，缘愁似个长。 Li Bai's "A Song of Qiupu": Three thousand strands of white hair, grow long from worry. 8. 高适《别董大》：莫愁前路无知己，天下谁人不识君! Gao Shi's "Farewell to Dong Da": Do not worry about having no one who understands you on the road ahead, who in the world doesn't know you! --- 例句: - 又如: 不愁吃，不愁穿; Not worrying about food or clothing. - 愁坐(含忧默坐); Sitting in silence with worries. - 愁思(忧愁的心绪); The sentiments of worry. - 愁绝(忧愁到极点); Worrying to the extreme. - 愁怀勃勃(心中有万端愁绪;非常忧戚); Full of worries in one's heart; very anxious. - 愁海(比喻愁深)。 Sea of worries (a metaphor for deep worries). --- 形: 1. 凄惨，惨淡。 Gloomy. 2. 悲哀;哀伤。 Grieved; distressed. --- 例子: - 如: 愁红(憔悴的残花。用以比喻女子的愁容); Example: Gloomy red (wilted flowers, used to describe a woman's worried expression). - 愁戚戚(愁切切，愁凄凄。凄惨愁苦的样子)。 Example: Gloomy and mournful (the appearance of deep sorrow).