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郁 yù

melancholy; dense growth

Strokes
8
Level
HSK 6
Radical
阝
Traditional
鬱
Type
Picto-phonetic
Made of 有阝 ⿰有阝

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  1. 她最近看起来有些忧郁。
    Tā zuìjìn kànqǐlái yǒuxiē yōuyù.
    She has looked a bit melancholy recently.
    she recently look-up somewhat melancholy
  2. 你为什么总是这么忧郁?
    Nǐ wèishénme zǒngshì zhème yōuyù?
    Why are you always so melancholy?
    you why always so melancholy (question)
  3. 心情不好的时候,别一直忧郁下去,出去走走吧。
    Xīnqíng bù hǎo de shíhou, bié yìzhí yōuyù xiàqù, chūqù zǒuzou ba.
    When you're in a bad mood, don't stay melancholy, go out for a walk.
    mood not good (particle) time, don't continuously melancholy down-go, go-out walk-walk (suggestion)
  4. 他并不忧郁,反而总是充满活力。
    Tā bìng bù yōuyù, fǎn'ér zǒngshì chōngmǎn huólì.
    He isn't melancholy at all, on the contrary he's always full of energy.
    he at-all not melancholy, instead always full-of energy
  5. 那段失业的日子里,他一直很忧郁。
    Nà duàn shīyè de rìzi lǐ, tā yìzhí hěn yōuyù.
    During that period of unemployment, he was always melancholy.
    that (measure) unemployed (particle) days-inside, he always very melancholy

Words with 郁 (2)