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憂鬱

简 忧郁 · 繁 憂鬱
Mandarin · pinyin yōu yù

Meanings

  1. sullen; depressed; melancholy; dejected
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憂
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鬱
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忧
yōu · sad, grieved; grief, melancholy
郁
yù · sweet smelling, rich in aroma; (Cant.) to move, hit
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1–4 · you1 yu4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

jau1 wat1

Cantonese word readings for 憂鬱. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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jau1 wat1

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

adj

  1. sad; depressed; melancholic; dejected

noun

  1. (psychology) (～症, ～病) depression

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