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

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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    悒鬱 / 悒郁
    意欲
    抑鬱 / 抑郁
    異域 / 异域
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

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)
齪嘈 / 龊嘈 (Hokkien)

Derived terms

抑鬱寡歡 / 抑郁寡欢

Noun

抑鬱

(psychology) (～症, ～病) depression

Derived terms

抗抑鬱 / 抗抑郁 (kàngyìyù)
抑鬱症 / 抑郁症 (yìyùzhèng)
產後抑鬱 / 产后抑郁 (chǎnhòu yìyù)

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])^[1]
IPA^(key): [jo̞kɯ̟ːt͡sɨ]

Noun

抑(よく)鬱(うつ) • (yokuutsu)

dejection

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
抑	鬱

Noun

抑鬱 • (eogul) (hangeul 억울)

hanja form^? of 억울 (“dejection”)