Chinese word dictionary

忧惧

yōu jù · apprehension; apprehensive

Practice word

Word information

Simplified忧惧

Traditional憂懼

Pinyinyōu jù

Part of speechDictionary

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Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

忧yōu

sad, grieving; melancholy, grief

惧jù

to fear, to dread

How to learn 忧惧

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Words with the same characters

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担忧dānyōu

to worry; to be concerned

恐惧kǒngjù

to be frightened; fear; dread

后顾之忧hòugùzhīyōu

fears of trouble in the rear (idiom); family worries (obstructing freedom of action); worries about the future consequences; often in negative expressions, meaning "no worries about anything"

畏惧wèijù

to fear; to dread; foreboding

无忧无虑wúyōu-wúlǜ

(idiom) carefree; without worries

忧愁yōuchóu

to be worried