憂心如焚

Chinese

		worried mind; troubled heart; to be worried worried mind; troubled heart; to be worried; to be concerned	as (if); such as	burn
trad. (憂心如焚)		憂心	如	焚
simp. (忧心如焚)		忧心	如	焚

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yōuxīnrúfén

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄖㄨˊ ㄈㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau¹ sam¹ jyu⁴ fan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yōuxīnrúfén
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄖㄨˊ ㄈㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yousinrúfén
    • Wade–Giles: yu¹-hsin¹-ju²-fên²
    • Yale: yōu-syīn-rú-fén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ioushinrufern
    • Palladius: юсиньжуфэнь (jusinʹžufɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ ʐu³⁵ fən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau¹ sam¹ jyu⁴ fan⁴
    • Yale: yāu sām yùh fàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau¹ sam¹ jy⁴ fan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo¹ sem¹ yu⁴ fen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵ jyː²¹ fɐn²¹/

Idiom

憂心如焚

1. extremely anxious; extremely worried; burning with anxiety