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造福

造福

Chinese

		to make; to build; to invent to make; to build; to invent; to manufacture	good fortune; happiness; luck good fortune; happiness; luck; Fujian province (abbrev); a surname
simp. and trad. (造福)		造	福

Verb

造福

to bring benefit to; to benefit

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zàofú

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄠˋ ㄈㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zou⁶ fuk¹
Min Nan (POJ): chǒ-hok / chō-hok

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: zàofú
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄠˋ ㄈㄨˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzawfwu
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑʊ̯⁵¹ fu³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zou⁶ fuk¹
  - Yale: jouh fūk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzou⁶ fuk⁷
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯²² fʊk̚⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chǒ-hok
  - Tâi-lô: tsǒ-hok
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɤ²² hɔk̚⁵/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chō-hok
  - Tâi-lô: tsō-hok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zoixhog
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡so³³⁻¹¹ hɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɤ³³⁻²¹ hɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sɤ²²⁻²¹ hɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɤ²²⁻²¹ hɔk̚³²/