seot1卹

Jyutpingseot1

Yalesēut

Definition

To pity, sympathize, or feel anxiety for someone; to compensate or provide relief.

datedemotion

How it's used

This character is rarely used in modern spoken Cantonese, as it has been almost entirely replaced by 擔心 or 憂心. While it technically carries a sense of sympathy or compensation in formal or literary contexts, you will almost never hear it used this way in daily conversation. It is essentially a literary relic that sounds highly unnatural if used in a casual setting.

Examples

keoi5佢hou2好seot1卹le1呢gin2件si6事，seng4成jat6日dou1都fan3瞓m4唔zoek6着。

He is very anxious about this matter and cannot sleep all the time.

nei5你sai2使mat1乜gam3咁seot1卹aa4呀，syun4船dou3到kiu4橋tau4頭zi6自jin4然zik6直。

Why are you so anxious? Everything will work out in the end.

Common phrases

seot1卹nim6念

anxious concern

Common mistake

Learners often mistake this for common characters like 恤, which is used in loanwords like 恤衫 for shirt. Using 卹 in a modern context will likely confuse native speakers, who would expect you to use 擔心 instead.