忧 yōu
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 忄 — heart
- Made of
- 忄 heart 尤 especially, particularly
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
忧郁
yōuyù
melancholy; gloomy
Characters in this word
郁 yù
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 阝 — place, town, city
- Made of
- 有 to have, to own, to possess 阝 place, town, city
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 影片的色调偏冷，使主人公的忧郁气质更加突出。 Yǐngpiàn de sèdiào piān lěng, shǐ zhǔréngōng de yōuyù qìzhì gèngjiā tūchū. The film's colour palette is rather cool, making the protagonist's melancholy temperament more prominent.
- 最近他心情忧郁，常常一个人在房间里发呆。 Zuìjìn tā xīnqíng yōuyù, chángcháng yí gè rén zài fángjiān lǐ fādāi. Lately he has felt melancholy, often sitting alone in his room staring blankly.
- 秋天的落叶让整座小城显得格外忧郁。 Qiūtiān de luòyè ràng zhěng zuò xiǎochéng xiǎnde géwài yōuyù. The fallen autumn leaves make the whole small town seem especially melancholy.
Related words
- 担忧 dānyōu to worry, to be anxious
- 后顾之忧 hòugùzhīyōu worries for the future; domestic worries
- 无忧无虑 wúyōuwúlǜ carefree; free from worries
- 忧愁 yōuchóu sorrowful; melancholy
- 忧虑 yōulǜ to worry; anxiety; concern
- 浓郁 nóngyù rich; strong; intense
- 抑郁 yìyù depressed; melancholy
- 抑郁症 yìyùzhèng depression
- 郁闷 yùmèn depressed; gloomy; frustrated
- 消沉 xiāochén depressed; downcast; dispirited
- 无精打采 wújīngdǎcǎi listless; dispirited
- 心酸 xīnsuān sad; grieved; bitter feeling