忧郁
yoū yù · HSK 7
depressed
🌧️ 忧郁 = 忧 worry + 郁 gloomy = the gloomy kind of worry that weighs you down
忧 carries the sense of anxious worry; 郁 means dense, pent-up, gloomy (same 郁 as in depressed moods). Together they name a heavy, brooding low. Sound: yōu yù, two falling-then-falling syllables that even sound like a sigh: yo-yu.