Worry in Chinese
to worry · HSK 3
担心
- 担 to carry on a shoulder pole
- 心 heart
别担心，我很快就回来。 Don't worry, I'll be back soon.
Other ways to say worry
More words with 担 or 心
How do you say worry in Chinese?
Worry in Chinese is 担心 (dān xīn). You can also say 愁 (chóu), 担忧 (dān yōu), 发愁 (fā chóu), 患 (huàn).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.