幽鬱

Chinese

		quiet; secluded	dense (growth); melancholy
trad. (幽鬱)		幽	鬱
simp. (幽郁)		幽	郁

Pronunciation

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• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yōuyù

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡ ㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau¹ wat¹
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹ieu-ioq₇; ¹ieu-iuq₇

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yōuyù
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡ ㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: youyù
    • Wade–Giles: yu¹-yü⁴
    • Yale: yōu-yù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iouyuh
    • Palladius: ююй (jujuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯⁵⁵ y⁵¹/
    • Homophones:
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau¹ wat¹
    • Yale: yāu wāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau¹ wat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo¹ wed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯⁵⁵ wɐt̚⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹ieu-ioq₇; ¹ieu-iuq₇
    • MiniDict: ieu^平 ioh^入; ieu^平 iuih^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹ieu-ioq₄; ¹ieu-yq₄
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /iɤ⁵⁵ ioʔ²¹/, /iɤ⁵⁵ yɪʔ²¹/

Noun

幽鬱

1. (archaic) sad; depressed; melancholic; dejected
2. (archaic) luxuriant; exuberant; lush

Synonyms

• (depressed):

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• 低沉 (dīchén)
• 低落 (dīluò)
• 冷館／冷馆 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 喪氣／丧气
• 壓抑／压抑 (yāyì)
• 失望 (shīwàng)
• 失落 (shīluò)
• 寡歡／寡欢 (guǎhuān)
• 悒鬱／悒郁 (yìyù) (literary)
• 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)
• 沉抑 (chényì)
• 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)

 

• (luxuriant):

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• 繁茂 (fánmào)
• 肥美 (féiměi)
• 芊綿／芊绵 (qiānmián) (literary, of vegetation)
• 茂 (literary, or in compounds)
• 茂盛 (màoshèng)
• 萋萋 (qīqī) (literary)
• 菶菶 (běngběng) (literary)
• 葳蕤 (wēiruí) (literary)
• 豐茂／丰茂 (fēngmào)
• 趒 (Hokkien)
• 軫軫／轸轸 (zhěnzhěn) (literary)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
幽	鬱
ゆう Grade: S	うつ Grade: S
kan'on

For pronunciation and definitions of 幽鬱 – 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, 悒鬱

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