HSK 6 · Emotions

沮丧 jǔsàng “dejected” in Chinese

Traditional 沮喪

What 沮丧 means

  1. dejected
  2. depressed
  3. disheartened
  4. dispirited
  5. dismayed

How to say 沮丧

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale沮jǔ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale丧sàng4th tone, falling

沮丧 in a sentence

  1. 我经常觉得沮丧。

    Wǒ jīngcháng juéde jǔsàng.

    I often feel depressed.

    Sentence #4444897 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 这让我感到沮丧。

    Zhè ràng wǒ gǎndào jǔsàng.

    This makes me feel discouraged.

    Sentence #5637375 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 某天晚上，他又累又沮丧地回到了家。

    Mǒu tiān wǎnshang, tā yòu lèi yòu jǔsàng de huídào le jiā.

    One evening, he came home tired and dejected.

    Sentence #2004674 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 沮丧 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 沮 (jǔ) with each of its parts in a different colour
沮jǔto destroy
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 且moreover · qiěSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 且 (qiě) hints at the sound. Compare it with jǔ.

The character 丧 (sàng) drawn as one shape
丧sàngto lose sth abstract but important

丧 is a single shape of 8 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 沮丧

沮 8 strokes · 丧 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

沮丧 (jǔsàng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 沮丧 (jǔsàng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 沮丧

Words with 丧

丧失sàngshī · to lose

More words: Emotions & Attitudes

寄托jìtuō · to place (hopes) on急于求成jíyúqiúchéng · too eager for success急躁jízào · impatient绝望juéwàng · to despair拘束jūshù · ill at ease渴望kěwàng · to long for可恶kěwù · hateful克制kèzhì · to restrain

FAQs

沮丧 (jǔsàng) means “dejected” or “depressed”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jǔsàng: jǔ with a 3rd tone, then sàng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 沮丧 is written 沮喪. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jusang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 沮丧 from the suggestions. Typing jusang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
沮丧 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.