沉鬱

Chinese

		submerge; immerse; sink submerge; immerse; sink; deep; profound; to lower; to drop	dense (growth); melancholy
trad. (沉鬱)		沉	鬱
simp. (沉郁)		沉	郁
alternative forms		沈鬱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chényù

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄣˊ ㄩˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chényù
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄣˊ ㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chényù
    • Wade–Giles: chʻên²-yü⁴
    • Yale: chén-yù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chernyuh
    • Palladius: чэньюй (čɛnʹjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ y⁵¹/

Adjective

沉鬱

1. (literary) gloomy; depressed

Synonyms

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• 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)
• 抑鬱 / 抑郁 (yìyù)
• 沉悶 / 沉闷 (chénmèn)
• 沉抑 (chényì)
• 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)