沮丧 meaning in English

jǔsàng

dispirited; dejected

HSK 7-9adjectiveTraditional 沮喪16 strokes

Meaning of 沮丧

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

jǔsàng
  1. dispirited
  2. dejected
  3. dismayed

沮丧 in example sentences

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

你nǐ很hěn沮jǔ丧sàng。
You're very dejected.
他tā很hěn沮jǔ丧sàng。
He's depressed.
当dāng我wǒ发fā现xiàn我wǒ没méi通tōng过guò测cè验yàn时shí我wǒ实shí在zài是shì太tài沮jǔ丧sàng了le。
I was really disappointed when I found out that I hadn't passed the exam.
我wǒ为wèi小xiǎo事shì情qíng觉jué得de沮jǔ丧sàng。
I get depressed by the slightest things.
某mǒu天tiān晚wǎn上shàng,他tā又yòu累lèi又yòu沮jǔ丧sàng地dì回huí到dào了le家jiā。
One night he came home very tired and sad.

Stroke order for each character

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沮 jǔ · to stop · 8 strokes

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丧 sàng · mourning · 8 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 沮丧.

丧失sàngshīto lose; to forfeit
丧生sàngshēngto die; to lose one's life
垂头丧气chuítóu-sàngqìhanging one's head dispiritedly (idiom); dejected; crestfallen
丧命sàngmìngto lose one's life
丧尸sāngshīzombie
丧礼sānglǐfuneral
丧心病狂sàngxīnbìngkuáng(idiom) deranged; demented; berserk
丧气sàngqìto feel disheartened

Questions about 沮丧

What does 沮丧 mean?

沮丧 (jǔsàng) means "dispirited; dejected" and is used as a adjective.

How do you write 沮丧?

沮丧 is made of 2 characters: 沮 (8 strokes), 丧 (8 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.

Is 沮丧 an HSK word?

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

How is 沮丧 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 沮丧 is written 沮喪.