adjective #98,939

Meanings

  1. 1 dejected; downcast
  2. 2 to thwart; to block; to discourage

Examples

Kǎoshì shībài hòu, tā shífēn jǔsàng.
After failing the exam he was very dejected.
Yícì cuòzhé bù gāi jǔ le nǐ de dòuzhì.
One setback should not crush your resolve.

Tips

usage
By far the most common use is 沮丧 (dejected, depressed). The 'to thwart' sense is more literary. A separate reading jū appears only in some old place and water names.

Components

radical
shuǐ
water
The three-drop water radical, the side form of . The character began as the name of a river; the 'thwart, dampen' senses developed from a sense of being soaked and bogged down.
phonetic
qiě
moreover; for now
Provides the sound, read on its own and shifted to jǔ here. It serves only as the phonetic cue.

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