憂患

憂患

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): ㄧㄡ ㄏㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau¹ waan⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yōuhuàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡ ㄏㄨㄢˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iouhuann
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ xu̯än⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau¹ waan⁶
    • Yale: yāu waahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau¹ waan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo¹ wan⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯⁵⁵ wäːn²²/

Noun

憂患

1. suffering; hardship; misery

Derived terms

人生識字憂患始／人生识字忧患始 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