憋屈

biēqū

adjective

Meanings

1 frustrated and wronged
2 bottled up; stifled
3 cramped (of a space)

Characters

wrong; grievance

Examples

HSK 5

被老板骂了一顿，他心里很憋屈。

Bèi lǎobǎn mà le yí dùn, tā xīnli hěn biēqū.

After a dressing-down from his boss, he felt wronged and bottled up.

HSK 5

这间屋子又小又暗，住着真憋屈。

Zhè jiān wūzi yòu xiǎo yòu àn, zhù zhe zhēn biēqū.

This room is small and dark; living here feels so cramped.

Tips

usage

憋 "to hold in" + 屈 "wrong, grievance": a grievance with nowhere to go. It is close to 委屈 (to feel wronged), but 憋屈 stresses having no outlet; 郁闷 and 心塞 are its online cousins.

Stroke Order

憋 biē

屈 qū