抑鬱

See also: 抑郁

Chinese

		to restrain; to restrict; to keep down to restrain; to restrict; to keep down; or	dense (growth); melancholy
trad. (抑鬱)		抑	鬱
simp. (抑郁)		抑	郁
anagram		鬱抑／郁抑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yìyù

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jik¹ wat¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): iak-ut / ek-ut

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ag⁴ ug⁴

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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: jik¹ wat¹
    • Yale: yīk wāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jik⁷ wat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: yig¹ wed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪk̚⁵ wɐt̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iak-ut
    • Tâi-lô: iak-ut
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iak'ud
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iak̚⁵⁻²⁴ ut̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ek-ut
    • Tâi-lô: ik-ut
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ek'ud
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɪk̚³²⁻⁴ ut̚³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɪk̚³²⁻⁵ ut̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ag⁴ ug⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ak uk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ak̚²⁻⁴ uk̚²/

Adjective

抑鬱

1. depressed; melancholy; downcast

   今天我突然就抑鬱了。 [MSC, trad.]
   今天我突然就抑郁了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Jīntiān wǒ tūrán jiù yìyù le. [Pinyin]

   Today I suddenly started feeling depressed.

Synonyms

• 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)
• 幽鬱／幽郁 (yōuyù) (archaic)
• 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)
• 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)

 

Derived terms

• 抑鬱寡歡／抑郁寡欢

 

Noun

抑鬱

1. (psychology) (～症, ～病) depression

Derived terms

• 抗抑鬱／抗抑郁 (kàngyìyù)
• 抑鬱症／抑郁症 (yìyùzhèng)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
抑	鬱
よく Grade: S	うつ Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
抑うつ

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) よくうつ [yòkúútsú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [jo̞kɯ̟ᵝːt͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

抑(よく)鬱(うつ) • (yokuutsu) 

1. dejection

Korean

Hanja in this term
抑	鬱

Noun

抑鬱 • (eogul) (hangeul 억울)

1. Hanja form^? of 억울 (“dejection”).