憂患

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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): ㄧㄡㄏㄨㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jau¹ waan⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yōuhuàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄡㄏㄨㄢˋ
  - 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

suffering; hardship; misery
(～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)

suffering and misery caused by uneasiness

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