憂患

Chinese

		worried	misfortune; suffer (from illness); trouble misfortune; suffer (from illness); trouble; danger; worry; to contract (a disease)
trad. (憂患)		憂	患
simp. (忧患)		忧	患

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yōuhuàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡ ㄏㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau¹ waan⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yōuhuàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡ ㄏㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: youhuàn
    • Wade–Giles: yu¹-huan⁴
    • Yale: yōu-hwàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iouhuann
    • Palladius: юхуань (juxuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯⁵⁵ xu̯än⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau¹ waan⁶
    • Yale: yāu waahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau¹ waan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo¹ wan⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯⁵⁵ waːn²²/

Noun

憂患

1. suffering; hardship; misery
2. (～卦) a combination 一上四中一下 in the Lingqijing

Synonyms

• (suffering):

• 困苦 (kùnkǔ)
• 患難／患难 (huànnàn)
• 磨難／磨难 (mónàn)
• 風浪／风浪 (fēnglàng) (figurative)
• 魔障 (mózhàng) (figurative)

 

Derived terms

• 人生識字憂患始／人生识字忧患始 (rénshēng shízì yōuhuàn shǐ)
• 備嘗憂患／备尝忧患
• 憂患意識／忧患意识
• 憂患餘生／忧患余生
• 生於憂患，死於安樂／生于忧患，死于安乐 (shēng yú yōuhuàn, sǐ yú ānlè)
• 飽經憂患／饱经忧患

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (憂患):

• → Japanese: 憂患(ゆうかん) (yūkan)
• → Korean: 우환(憂患) (uhwan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
憂	患
ゆう Grade: S	かん Grade: S
on’yomi

Noun

憂(ゆう)患(かん) • (yūkan) 

1. suffering and misery caused by uneasiness