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抑郁

yì yù

2-character word Traditional 抑鬱

What 抑郁 means

1. depressed; despondent; gloomy

The characters in 抑郁

• 抑yìto restrain; to restrict; to keep down
• 郁yù(bound form) strongly fragrant

Example sentences

• 她抑郁了。
  Tā yìyù le.
  She's in a depression.
• 她有时变得心情抑郁。
  Tā yǒushí biànde xīnqíng yìyù.
  She sometimes goes into a mood of depression.

Words starting with 抑郁

• 抑郁症yì yù zhèngclinical depression
• 抑郁不平yì yù bù píngin a state of depression (idiom)

Words containing 抑郁

• 抗抑郁药kàng yì yù yàoantidepressant
• 产后抑郁chǎn hòu yì yùpostpartum depression
• 产后抑郁症chǎn hòu yì yù zhèngpostpartum depression
• 躁狂抑郁症zào kuáng yì yù zhèngmanic depression

Sounds the same

Read yì yù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 异域foreign country; alien land
• 意欲to intend to; intention; desire
• 逸豫idleness and pleasure
• 熠煜to shine; to glitter