忧郁

忧郁 yōuyù in a sentence

Melancholy (depressed)

Full dictionary entry HSK 6 2 sentences

忧郁 (yōuyù) means Melancholy (depressed). Below are 2 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

他最近显得有些 忧郁 。

Tā zuìjìn xiǎnde yǒuxiē yōuyù.

He has seemed rather melancholy lately.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 忧郁

阴雨天容易让人 忧郁 。

Yīnyǔ tiān róngyì ràng rén yōuyù.

Wet, overcast weather easily makes people gloomy.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 忧郁

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How is 忧郁 used in a sentence?

This page shows 2 sentences using 忧郁 (yōuyù, "Melancholy (depressed)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

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Is 忧郁 an HSK word?

Yes — 忧郁 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.

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