Learn 10 sad words
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| Hi! My name is Rui. Welcome to Chinese Top Words. Today, we are going to be doing 10 Sad Words. Sad words. Let’s get started. |
| 1. 伤心 (shāngxīn) “hurt” |
| The first one is 伤心 (shāngxīn). 伤 (shāng) means “hurt,” 心 (xīn) means “heart”. For example, |
| 她拒绝了我，我很伤心。 |
| (Tā jùjué le wǒ, wǒ hěn shāngxīn.) |
| “She turned me down. I feel so hurt.” |
| 2. 难过 (nánguò) “sad” |
| 难过 (nánguò) means “sad”. It’s more commonly used than 伤心 (shāngxīn). So anything which makes you feel unhappy, you’re going to say 难过 (nánguò). |
| 别难过了，会好起来的。 |
| (Bié nánguò le, huì hǎo qǐlái de.) |
| “Don't be sad. Everything will be back on the track again.” |
| 3. 痛苦 (tòngkǔ de) “painful” |
| The next one is a little stronger, 痛苦 (tòngkǔ de) that means “painful”. My heart hurts very badly, 痛苦 (tòngkǔ de). |
| 还有什么比这更痛苦的事吗？ |
| (Háiyǒu shénme bǐ zhè gèng tòngkǔ de shì ma?) |
| “Is there anything more painful than that?” |
| So if somebody turned you down, you feel sad. Sad means 难过 (nánguò), but if your five-year relationship boyfriend dumped you for another girl, that’s painful. Okay, I hope you never use this word in your life. |
| 4. 闷闷不乐 (mènmènbúlè) “depressed” |
| So the next one is 闷闷不乐 (mènmènbúlè) “depressed”. |
| 最近你总是闷闷不乐的，怎么了？ |
| (Zuìjìn nǐ zǒngshì mènmènbúlè de, zěnme le ?) |
| “Lately, you've been acting like you're depressed. What's going on?” |
| 5. 失望 (shīwàng) “disappointed” |
| 失(shī) means “lose,” 望 (wàng) means “hope,” so lose hope. For example, |
| 我对你太失望了。(Wǒ duì nǐ tài shīwàng le.) “I'm so disappointed at you.” |
| So when you say this sentence, you always stress 太 (tài); 我对你太失望了。(Wǒ duì nǐ tài shīwàng le.) |
| 6. 孤独 (gūdú) “lonely” |
| 孤独 (gūdú) in English is “lonely”. |
| 我们要学会享受孤独。 |
| (Wǒmen yào xuéhuì xiǎngshòu gūdú.) |
| “We should learn to enjoy loneliness.” |
| I don’t feel lonely easily, 我不太容易觉得孤独。(Wǒ bù tài róngyì juédé gūdú.) |
| 7. 想家 (xiǎngjiā) “to be homesick” |
| So the next one is 想家 (xiǎngjiā) “to be homesick”. |
| 想 (xiǎng) means “miss,” 家 (jiā) means “home,” so 想家 (xiǎngjiā) means “homesick.” |
| 你会常常想家吗？(Nǐ huì chángcháng xiǎngjiā ma?) In English, “Do you get homesick a lot?” For me, not really. I only get homesick when I’m sick. |
| 8. 哭 (kū) “to cry” |
| 哭 (kū) in English, it means “to cry”. So the Chinese character is very vivid. It has two eyes and has tears and you open your mouth big, ahh, like crying, yeah. So, for example, |
| “Do you cry easily?” 你很容易哭吗？(Nǐ hěn róngyì kū ma?) |
| For me, yeah, I cry often and cry easily. So if you don’t watch my video, I will cry. |
| 9. 失败 (shībài) “failure” |
| 失败 (shībài) in English is “failure”. |
| For example, very famous proverb in Chinese: 失败是成功之母。(Shībài shì chénggōng zhī mǔ.) “Failure is a mother of success.” |
| So this proverb means, in order to be successful you have to go through a lot of failures. So if you failed your job, if you failed your relationship, don’t be depressed because you’d be successful next time. |
| 10. 可怜 (kělián) “pitiful” |
| For example, 这只流浪狗好可怜。(Zhè zhǐ liúlàng gǒu hǎo kělián.) “This stray dog looks so pitiful.” |
| In Chinese, 可怜 (kělián) doesn’t necessarily mean negatively. If some girl looks pitiful, it can be also cute. |
| Okay, today we covered 10 Chinese Sad Words. Let us know which is your favorite Chinese Sad Words. And don’t forget to check out ChineseClass101.com. I’ll see you there! Bye! |
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