忧郁 meaning in English

yōuyù

sullen; depressed; melancholy; dejected

HSK 7-9adjectiveTraditional 憂鬱15 strokes

Meaning of 忧郁

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yōuyù

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

今jīn天tiān我wǒ很hěn忧yōu郁yù。

Today I'm feeling melancholic.

我wǒ每měi个gè星xīng期qī一yī都dōu觉jué得de很hěn忧yōu郁yù。

I always feel blue on Mondays.

她tā偶ǒu尔ěr有yǒu忧yōu郁yù的de心xīn情qíng。

She sometimes gets depressed.

汤tāng姆mǔ饱bǎo受shòu忧yōu郁yù症zhèng之zhī苦kǔ。

Tom struggles with depression.

因yīn为wèi他tā有yǒu忧yōu郁yù症zhèng，所suǒ以yǐ不bù管guǎn你nǐ说shuō什shén么me他tā都dū会huì被bèi无wú罪zuì释shì放fàng。

It doesn’t matter what you say, he’ll be acquitted because of depression.

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Words that share a character with 忧郁.

担忧	dānyōu	to worry; to be concerned
抑郁	yìyù	depressed; despondent; gloomy
忧虑	yōulǜ	to worry; anxiety (about)
抑郁症	yìyùzhèng	clinical depression
无忧无虑	wúyōu-wúlǜ	(idiom) carefree; without worries
忧愁	yōuchóu	to be worried
后顾之忧	hòugùzhīyōu	fears of trouble in the rear (idiom); family worries (obstructing freedom of action); worr
浓郁	nóngyù	rich; strong
郁闷	yùmèn	gloomy; depressed
忧伤	yōushāng	distressed; laden with grief
郁金香	yùjīnxiāng	tulip
阴郁	yīnyù	(of skies or one's mood) gloomy

What does 忧郁 mean?

忧郁 (yōuyù) means "sullen; depressed; melancholy; dejected" and is used as a adjective.

How do you write 忧郁?

忧郁 is made of 2 characters: 忧 (7 strokes), 郁 (8 strokes). That is 15 strokes in total.

Is 忧郁 an HSK word?

Yes. 忧郁 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 忧郁 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 忧郁 is written 憂鬱.