發愁

See also: 发愁

Chinese

		to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop	worry about
trad. (發愁)		發	愁
simp. (发愁)		发	愁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fāchóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄚ ㄔㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faat³ sau⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hoat-chhiû / hoat-chhô͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): huag⁴ cou⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fāchóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄚ ㄔㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fachóu
    • Wade–Giles: fa¹-chʻou²
    • Yale: fā-chóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fachour
    • Palladius: фачоу (fačou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faat³ sau⁴
    • Yale: faat sàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faat⁸ sau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fad³ seo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːt̚³ sɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoat-chhiû
    • Tâi-lô: huat-tshiû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoatchiuu
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /huat̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sʰiu²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /huat̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sʰiu¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰiu²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoat-chhô͘
    • Tâi-lô: huat-tshôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoatzhoo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /huat̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sʰɔ¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: huag⁴ cou⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huak tshôu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huak̚²⁻⁴ t͡sʰou⁵⁵/

Verb

發愁

1. to worry; to be anxious

Synonyms

• 怕
• 急 (jí)
• 急眼 (jíyǎn) (colloquial)
• 恐怕 (kǒngpà)
• 患 (huàn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 愁 (chóu)
• 憂心／忧心 (yōuxīn)
• 憂慮／忧虑 (yōulǜ)
• 懸心／悬心 (xuánxīn)
• 掛心／挂心 (guàxīn)
• 掛礙／挂碍 (guà'ài)
• 揪心 (jiūxīn)
• 擔心／担心 (dānxīn)
• 擔憂／担忧 (dānyōu)
• 燒心／烧心 (shāoxīn) (regional or dated)
• 犯愁 (fànchóu)
• 疑慮／疑虑 (yílǜ)
• 發急／发急 (fājí)
• 發極／发极 (⁷faq ⁸jiq) (Wu)
• 著急／着急 (zháojí)
• 起急 (qǐjí) (colloquial)
• 顧慮／顾虑 (gùlǜ)