u uất

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 幽鬱.

    Collapsed in usage with the similar sounding ưu uất, which is the reading of Chinese 憂鬱 / 忧郁 (yōuyù). Some prescriptivists might prefer one over the other, although in practice, they are hardly differentiated.

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔu˧˧ ʔwət̚˧˦]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔʊw˧˧ ʔwək̚˦˧˥]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔʊw˧˧ (ʔ)wək̚˦˥]

    Adjective

    u uất

    1. (literary) melancholic; dejected
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