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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