幽默

Chinese

		quiet; secluded	silent; write from memory
trad. (幽默)		幽	默
simp. #(幽默)		幽	默

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yōumò

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡ ㄇㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau¹ mak⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yû-me̍t
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iu-bia̍k / iu-be̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yōumò
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡ ㄇㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: youmò
    • Wade–Giles: yu¹-mo⁴
    • Yale: yōu-mwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ioumoh
    • Palladius: юмо (jumo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯⁵⁵ mu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau¹ mak⁶
    • Yale: yāu mahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau¹ mak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo¹ meg⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯⁵⁵ mɐk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yû-me̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: iu´ med
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yiu¹ med⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯u²⁴⁻¹¹ met̚⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yû-me̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iu´ med
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yiu¹ med⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯u²⁴⁻¹¹ met̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iu-bia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: iu-bia̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iu'biak
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iu³³ biak̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iu-be̍k
    • Tâi-lô: iu-bi̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iu'bek
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu⁴⁴⁻²² biɪk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /iu⁴⁴⁻³³ biɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iu⁴⁴⁻²² biɪk̚⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: 'jiw mok

Rime
Character	幽	默
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	幽 (138)	德 (131)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	於虯切	莫北切
Baxter	'jiw	mok
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔiɪu/	/mək̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɨu/	/mək̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔieu/	/mək̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔjiw/	/mək̚/
Li Rong	/ʔiĕu/	/mək̚/
Wang Li	/iəu/	/mək̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔieu/	/mək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yōu	mò
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jau1	mak6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qɯw  mlɯːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	幽
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yōu
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔjiw ›
Old Chinese	/*[ʔ](r)iw/
English	dark; secluded
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	幽	默
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	14620	5107
Phonetic component	幽	黑
Rime group	幽	職
Rime subdivision	2	0
Corresponding MC rime	幽	墨
Old Chinese	/*qɯw/	/*mlɯːɡ/
Notes	甲金文從火從二幺會意火微

Etymology 1

Of native origin; attested in Chu Ci.

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 幽默

1. (archaic) quiet; tranquil

Etymology 2

Phono-semantic matching of English humour, by Lin Yutang in 1924.

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 幽默

1. humorous

Synonyms

• 風趣／风趣 (fēngqù)
• 滑稽 (huájī)
• 詼諧／诙谐 (huīxié)

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 幽默

1. humour

Derived terms

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