悒鬱

See also: 悒郁

Chinese

		anxiety; worry	dense (growth); melancholy
trad. (悒鬱)		悒	鬱
simp. (悒郁)		悒	郁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yìyù

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jap¹ wat¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yìyù
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yìyù
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴-yü⁴
    • Yale: yì-yù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihyuh
    • Palladius: июй (ijuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹⁻⁵³ y⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jap¹ wat¹
    • Yale: yāp wāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jap⁷ wat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeb¹ wed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐp̚⁵ wɐt̚⁵/

Adjective

悒鬱

1. (literary) depressed; melancholic; gloomy

Synonyms

• 低沉 (dīchén)
• 低落 (dīluò)
• 喪氣／丧气
• 壓抑／压抑 (yāyì)
• 失望 (shīwàng)
• 失落 (shīluò)
• 寡歡／寡欢 (guǎhuān)
• 幽鬱／幽郁 (yōuyù) (archaic)
• 悒鬱寡歡／悒郁寡欢 (yìyùguǎhuān)
• 愁悶／愁闷 (chóumèn)
• 憂悶／忧闷 (yōumèn)
• 慘沮／惨沮 (cǎnjǔ) (literary)
• 憂鬱／忧郁 (yōuyù)
• 憋悶／憋闷
• 懊喪／懊丧 (àosàng)
• 抑鬱／抑郁 (yìyù)
• 沉悶／沉闷 (chénmèn)
• 沉鬱／沉郁 (chényù) (literary)
• 沮喪／沮丧 (jǔsàng)
• 消極／消极 (xiāojí)
• 消沉 (xiāochén)
• 灰 (huī) (literary, or in compounds)
• 灰心 (huīxīn)
• 灰心喪氣／灰心丧气 (huīxīnsàngqì)
• 煩悶／烦闷 (fánmèn)
• 神傷／神伤 (shénshāng) (literary)
• 索寞 (suǒmò) (literary or Eastern Min)
• 苦悶／苦闷 (kǔmèn)
• 萎靡
• 陰暗／阴暗 (yīn'àn)
• 陰沉／阴沉 (yīnchén)
• 頹唐／颓唐 (tuítáng)
• 頹喪／颓丧 (tuísàng)
• 頹廢／颓废 (tuífèi)
• 鬱悶／郁闷 (yùmèn)
• 鬱鬱／郁郁 (yùyù) (literary)
• 鬱鬱不樂／郁郁不乐 (yùyùbùlè)
• 鬱鬱寡歡／郁郁寡欢 (yùyùguǎhuān)
• 鬱鬱寡歡／郁郁寡欢 (yùyùguǎhuān)
• 齪嘈／龊嘈 (Hokkien)

 

Derived terms

• 悒鬱不忿／悒郁不忿
• 悒鬱寡歡／悒郁寡欢 (yìyùguǎhuān)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
悒	鬱
ゆう Hyōgaiji	うつ Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

/ipu utu/ → /jifuːt͡su/ → /jɨuːt͡su/ → /juːut͡su/

From Middle Chinese compound 悒鬱 (MC 'ip 'jut, literally “worry + melancholy”).

For pronunciation and definitions of 悒鬱 – see the following entry.

【憂鬱ゆううつ】 [adjective] depressed, gloomy, melancholic [adjective] (of vegetation) thick, dense [noun] depression, dejection, gloom, melancholy Alternative spellings 憂うつ, 幽鬱

(This term, 悒鬱, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)