鬱鬱

See also: 郁郁 and 鬱郁

Chinese

		dense (growth); melancholy	dense (growth); melancholy
trad. (鬱鬱/郁郁*)		鬱/郁	鬱/郁
simp. (郁郁*)		郁	郁
alternative forms		蔚蔚

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yùyù

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ ㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wat¹ wat¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yùyù
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yùyù
    • Wade–Giles: yü⁴-yü⁴
    • Yale: yù-yù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuhyuh
    • Palladius: юйюй (jujjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹⁻⁵³ y⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wat¹ wat¹
    • Yale: wāt wāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wat⁷ wat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: wed¹ wed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐt̚⁵ wɐt̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: 'jut 'jut

Rime
Character	鬱
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	物 (60)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	紆物切
Baxter	'jut
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɨut̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔiut̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuət̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔut̚/
Li Rong	/ʔiuət̚/
Wang Li	/ĭuət̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔi̯uət̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wat1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*qut  qut/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qud  qud/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	鬱
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yù
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔjut ›
Old Chinese	/*qut/
English	blocked; anxious
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鬱
Reading #	1/1
No.	16057
Phonetic component	鬱
Rime group	物
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	鬱
Old Chinese	/*qud/

Adjective

鬱鬱

1. (literary) lush; luxuriant
2. (literary) depressed; melancholic

Synonyms

• (depressed):

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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)
• 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

• 鬱鬱不平／郁郁不平
• 鬱鬱不樂／郁郁不乐 (yùyùbùlè)
• 鬱鬱寡歡／郁郁寡欢 (yùyùguǎhuān)
• 鬱鬱蔥蔥／郁郁葱葱 (yùyùcōngcōng)