鬱陶

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Chinese

		dense (growth); melancholy	pleased; pottery
trad. (鬱陶)		鬱	陶
simp. (郁陶)		郁	陶

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yùtáo

(Zhuyin): ㄩˋ ㄊㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wat¹ tou⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yùtáo
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄊㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yùtáo
  - Wade–Giles: yü⁴-tʻao²
  - Yale: yù-táu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuhtaur
  - Palladius: юйтао (jujtao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹ tʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wat¹ tou⁴
  - Yale: wāt tòuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wat⁷ tou⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: wed¹ tou⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐt̚⁵ tʰou̯²¹/

Noun

鬱陶

(literary) to be worried; to be anxious; to be agitated; to be pensive; to be troubled

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鬱	陶
うつ > うっ Grade: S	とう Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Chinese 鬱陶.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) うっとー (Heiban – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Adjective

鬱(うっ)陶(とう) • (uttō) ^{←うつたう (ututau)^?}^†-tari (adnominal 鬱(うっ)陶(とう)とした (uttō to shita) or 鬱(うっ)陶(とう)たる (uttō taru), adverbial 鬱(うっ)陶(とう)と (uttō to) or 鬱(うっ)陶(とう)として (uttō to shite))

depressing, melancholy

Noun

鬱(うっ)陶(とう) • (uttō) ^{←うつたう (ututau)^?}

depression, melancholy

Derived terms

鬱陶(うっとう)しい (uttōshii)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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