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樂府

樂府

See also: 乐府

Chinese

		music; happy; laugh music; happy; laugh; cheerful	prefecture; mansion
trad. (樂府)		樂	府
simp. (乐府)		乐	府

Noun

樂府

Music Bureau, an organ of various imperial government bureaucracies of China.
Yuefu, Chinese poems composed in a folk song style.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): yuèfǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ ㄈㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngok⁶ fu²
Min Nan (POJ): ga̍k-hú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: yuèfǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ ㄈㄨˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuehfuu
  - IPA ^(key): /y̯œ⁵¹ fu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngok⁶ fu²
  - Yale: ngohk fú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngok⁹ fu²
  - IPA ^(key): /ŋɔːk̚² fuː³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ga̍k-hú
  - Tâi-lô: ga̍k-hú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gaghuo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /gak̚⁴⁻²¹ hu⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /gak̚²⁴⁻²² hu⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /gak̚¹²¹⁻²¹ hu⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /gak̚⁴⁻³² hu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /gak̚⁴⁻³² hu⁴¹/