愉悦

愉悅
yúyuè
adjective #7,906

Meanings

  1. 1 delighted
  2. 2 joyful
  3. 3 pleasant

Characters

Both characters mean 'pleased' — a reinforcing compound for emphasis.

Examples

Tīngdào zhège xiāoxi, tā gǎndào fēicháng yúyuè.
Hearing this news, she felt very delighted.
Yīnyuè néng gěi rén dàilái yúyuè de gǎnjué.
Music can bring people a feeling of joy.
Zài yúyuè de fēnwéi zhōng, dàjiā liáo de hěn kāixīn.
In the pleasant atmosphere, everyone chatted happily.

Tips

register
愉悦 is more literary and formal than 高兴 (gāoxìng, happy) or 开心 (kāixīn, glad). It's common in written Chinese and formal speech, less so in casual conversation.
grammar
愉悦 can function as both an adjective (愉悦心情, a joyful mood) and a verb (愉悦身心, to delight body and mind).

Stroke Order

yuè