VocabularyHSK 3 · core

担心

dānxīn

to worry

Part of speech · verb

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Examples

别担心。
Don't worry.
我担心他迟到。
I worry he'll be late.

Collocations

很担心别担心担心…

Mnemonic

担心 dānxīn "to worry" — 担 (carry, traditional 擔) + 心 (heart) = "carry the heart". Note: Japanese 心配 shinpai uses different reasoning (心 + 配 "arrange") but same meaning.

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