鬱悶

See also: 郁闷

Chinese

		dense (growth); melancholy	melancholy; smother; stuffy
trad. (鬱悶)		鬱	悶
simp. (郁闷)		郁	闷

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yùmèn

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ ㄇㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wat¹ mun⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ut-būn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yùmèn → yùmen (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄇㄣˋ → ㄩˋ ˙ㄇㄣ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yùme̊n
    • Wade–Giles: yü⁴-mên⁵
    • Yale: yù-men
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuh.menn
    • Palladius: юймэнь (jujmɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹⁻⁵³ mən⁵¹/ → /y⁵¹ mən¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yùmènr
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄇㄣˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yùmènr
    • Wade–Giles: yü⁴-mên⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: yù-mènr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuhmell
    • Palladius: юймэньр (jujmɛnʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹⁻⁵³ məɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wat¹ mun⁶
    • Yale: wāt muhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wat⁷ mun⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: wed¹ mun⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐt̚⁵ muːn²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ut-būn
    • Tâi-lô: ut-būn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: utbun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ut̚³²⁻⁴ bun²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ut̚⁵⁻²⁴ bun⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ut̚³²⁻⁵ bun²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ut̚³²⁻⁴ bun³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ut̚³²⁻⁴ bun³³/

Adjective

鬱悶

1. gloomy; depressing
2. depressed; downcast; dejected
3. (neologism, slang) feeling sad, down, upset, bored, displeased, disappointed, etc.

   鬱悶！／郁闷！  ―  Yùmèn!  ―  How depressing! This sucks!

Synonyms

• (depressed):

• 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)

 

Related terms

• 憋得慌 (biēdehuāng)
• 煩躁／烦躁 (fánzào)