發愁

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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): ㄈㄚㄔㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): faat³ sau⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hoat-chhiû / hoat-chhô͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): huag⁴ cou⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fāchóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄚㄔㄡˊ
  - 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

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)
提心 (tíxīn)
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)

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