幽浮
Chinese
quiet; secluded | to float | ||
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trad. (幽浮) | 幽 | 浮 | |
simp. #(幽浮) | 幽 | 浮 | |
Literally: “mysterious floating (object)”. |
Etymology
Phono-semantic matching of English UFO.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄡ ㄈㄨˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: youfú
- Wade–Giles: yu1-fu2
- Yale: yōu-fú
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ioufwu
- Palladius: юфу (jufu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /joʊ̯⁵⁵ fu³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: jau1 fau4
- Yale: yāu fàuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: jau1 fau4
- Guangdong Romanization: yeo1 feo4
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɐu̯⁵⁵ fɐu̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yu-fû
- Hakka Romanization System: iu fuˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: yiu4 fu1
- Sinological IPA: /i̯u⁵⁵ fu²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yu-fû
- Hakka Romanization System: (r)iu fuˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: yiu4 fu1
- Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯u⁵⁵ fu²⁴/
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
Noun
(deprecated template usage) 幽浮
- (chiefly Taiwan) UFO; unidentified flying object