| 1 | 忧郁 | 憂鬱 | yōu yù | you1 yu4 | sullen; depressed; melancholy; dejected | | |
| 2 | 忧虑 | 憂慮 | yōu lǜ | you1 lu:4 | to worry; anxiety (about) | | |
| 3 | 忧 | 憂 | yōu | you1 | to worry; to concern oneself with; worried; anxiety; sorrow; (literary) to observe mourning | | |
| 4 | 担忧 | 擔憂 | dān yōu | dan1 you1 | variant of 担忧 ; to worry; to be concerned | | |
| 5 | 忧愁 | 憂愁 | yōu chóu | you1 chou2 | to be worried | | |
| 6 | 忧容 | 憂容 | yōu róng | you1 rong2 | (literary) worried facial expression | | |
| 7 | 后顾之忧 | 後顧之憂 | hòu gù zhī yōu | hou4 gu4 zhi1 you1 | 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" | | |
| 8 | 杞人忧天 | 杞人憂天 | qǐ rén yōu tiān | Qi3 ren2 you1 tian1 | man of Qǐ fears the sky falling (idiom); groundless fears | | |
| 9 | 杞国之忧 | 杞國之憂 | qǐ guó zhī yōu | Qi3 guo2 zhi1 you1 | man of Qǐ fears the sky falling (idiom); groundless fears | | |
| 10 | 杞国忧天 | 杞國憂天 | qǐ guó yōu tiān | Qi3 guo2 you1 tian1 | man of Qǐ fears the sky falling (idiom); groundless fears | | |
| 11 | 内忧外困 | 內憂外困 | nèi yōu wài kùn | nei4 you1 wai4 kun4 | internal trouble and outside aggression (idiom); in a mess both domestically and abroad | | |
| 12 | 内忧外患 | 內憂外患 | nèi yōu wài huàn | nei4 you1 wai4 huan4 | internal trouble and outside aggression (idiom); in a mess both domestically and abroad | | |
| 13 | 令人担忧 | 令人擔憂 | lìng rén dān yōu | ling4 ren2 dan1 you1 | This is worrying | | |
| 14 | 乐以忘忧 | 樂以忘憂 | lè yǐ wàng yōu | le4 yi3 wang4 you1 | to seek pleasure to forget one's worries (idiom) | | |
| 15 | 堪忧 | 堪憂 | kān yōu | kan1 you1 | worrying; bleak | | |
| 16 | 忽喜忽忧 | 忽喜忽憂 | hū xǐ hū yōu | hu1 xi3 hu1 you1 | to fluctuate between hopes and fears (idiom) | | |
| 17 | 高枕无忧 | 高枕無憂 | gāo zhěn wú yōu | gao1 zhen3 wu2 you1 | to sleep peacefully (idiom); (fig.) to rest easy; to be free of worries | | |
| 18 | 分忧解劳 | 分憂解勞 | fēn yōu jiě láo | fen1 you1 jie3 lao2 | A trouble shared is a trouble halved. (idiom) | | |
| 19 | 分忧解愁 | 分憂解愁 | fēn yōu jiě chóu | fen1 you1 jie3 chou2 | to share and relieve sb.'s worries (idiom) | | |
| 20 | 烦忧 | 煩憂 | fán yōu | fan2 you1 | to worry; to fret | | |
| 21 | 丁忧丁艰 | 丁憂丁艱 | dīng yōu dīng jiān | ding1 you1 ding1 jian1 | to be in mourning over a parent's death (idiom) | | |
| 22 | 转忧为喜 | 轉憂為喜 | zhuǎn yōu wéi xǐ | zhuan3 you1 wei2 xi3 | to change from sorrow to joy (idiom) | | |
| 23 | 倍尝忧患 | 倍嘗憂患 | bèi cháng yōu huàn | bei4 chang2 you1 huan4 | to have been through much worry and hardship (idiom) | | |
| 24 | 报忧 | 報憂 | bào yōu | bao4 you1 | to report bad news; to announce failure, shortcoming or disaster | | |
| 25 | 报喜不报忧 | 報喜不報憂 | bào xǐ bù bào yōu | bao4 xi3 bu4 bao4 you1 | to report only the good news, not the bad news; to hold back unpleasant news; to sweep bad news under the carpet | | |