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Definition
Worried, anxious, troubled, or weighed down by worries.
colloquialemotion
How it's used
Describes a specific kind of heavy, lingering anxiety often tied to financial or practical burdens. It carries a sense of being trapped or weighed down by a problem rather than just feeling fleeting stress. People often use it when they are stuck in a situation where they see no easy way out.
Examples
Why are you so worried? Is something bothering you?
I have to pay rent next month, just thinking about it makes me anxious.
Related words
Common phrases
just thinking about it is stressful
Common mistake
Do not use this to describe general nervousness or excitement. It specifically implies a negative, heavy, and often long-term concern about a difficult situation.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
