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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 忧郁

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
忧郁 yōu yù - sullen; depressed; melancholy; dejected

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
6 7 6,565 9,770 4,982

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
yōu- to worry
- to concern oneself with
- worried
- anxiety
- sorrow
- (literary) to observe mourning
- surname Yu
- (bound form) strongly fragrant
- variant of 鬱|郁[yu4]
- old variant of 鬱|郁[yu4]
- surname Yu
- (bound form) (of vegetation) lush; luxuriant
- (bound form) melancholy; depressed

Other Words Containing 忧郁

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
忧郁 6 7 6,565 9,770 4,982