HSK 5 · Emotions

发愁 fāchóu “to worry” in Chinese

Traditional 發愁

What 发愁 means

  1. to worry
  2. to fret
  3. to be anxious
  4. to become sad

How to say 发愁

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale发fā1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale愁chóu2nd tone, rising

发愁 in a sentence

  1. 不要为这事发愁。

    Bú yào wèi zhè shì fāchóu.

    Don’t worry about this.

    Sentence #5147500 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 发愁 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 发 (fā) drawn as one shape
发fāto send out

发 is a single shape of 5 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

The character 愁 (chóu) with each of its parts in a different colour
愁chóuto worry about
  • 秋autumn · qiūSound part
  • 心heart · xīnMeaning part

心 hints at the meaning (heart); 秋 (qiū) hints at the sound. Compare it with chóu.

How to write 发愁

发 5 strokes · 愁 13 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

发愁 (fāchóu) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 发愁 (fāchóu). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 发愁

Words with 发

发fā · send out发烧fāshāo · have a fever头发tóufa · hair on the head发现fāxiàn · discover发生fāshēng · to happen发展fāzhǎn · development理发lǐfà · to get a haircut出发chūfā · to set off沙发shāfā · sofa发言fāyán · to make a speech

More words: Emotions & Attitudes

表情biǎoqíng · (facial) expression惭愧cánkuì · ashamed操心cāoxīn · to worry about倒霉dǎoméi · to have bad luck感激gǎnjī · to be grateful好奇hàoqí · inquisitive恨hèn · to hate怀念huáiniàn · to cherish the memory of

FAQs

发愁 (fāchóu) means “to worry” or “to fret”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it fāchóu: fā with a 1st tone, then chóu with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 发愁 is written 發愁. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fachou with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 发愁 from the suggestions. Typing fachou into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
发愁 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.