Chinese symbol for “depression”
忧郁症
yōu yù zhèng
Traditional: 憂鬱症
(psychology) depression
The closest CC-CEDICT match for depression is 忧郁症 (yōu yù zhèng), defined as: (psychology) depression.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “depression”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 坑 | kēng | pit; hollow; depression; (mining) pit; shaft; tunnel |
| 洼 (窪) | wā | depression; low-lying area; low-lying; sunken |
| 坳 | ào | depression; cavity; hollow; Taiwan pr. [ao1] |
| 洼地 (窪地) | wā dì | low-lying ground; depression |
| 盆地 | pén dì | (geography) basin; depression |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 忧郁症.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 担忧 (擔憂) | dān yōu | to worry; to be concerned |
| 忧虑 (憂慮) | yōu lǜ | to worry; anxiety (about) |
| 忧郁 (憂鬱) | yōu yù | sullen; depressed; melancholy; dejected |
| 忧伤 (憂傷) | yōu shāng | distressed; laden with grief |
| 忧心 (憂心) | yōu xīn | concerned; worried |
| 忧愁 (憂愁) | yōu chóu | to be worried |
| 郁闷 (鬱悶) | yù mèn | gloomy; depressed |
| 抑郁 (抑鬱) | yì yù | depressed; despondent; gloomy |
| 症状 (症狀) | zhèng zhuàng | symptom (of an illness) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “depression”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.