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幽浮

幽浮

Chinese

		quiet; secluded	to float
simp. and trad. (幽浮)		幽	浮
Literally: “mysterious floating (object)”.

Noun

幽浮

(chiefly Taiwan) UFO; unidentified flying object

Synonyms

不明飛行物／不明飞行物 (bùmíng fēixíngwù)
飛碟／飞碟 (fēidié)

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English UFO.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): yōufú

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄡㄈㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jau¹ fau⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yu-fû

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: yōufú
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄡㄈㄨˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ioufwu
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ fu³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jau¹ fau⁴
  - Yale: yāu fàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jau¹ fau⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯⁵⁵ fɐu̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yu-fû
  - Hakka Romanization System: iu fu´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yiu⁴ fu¹
  - IPA: /i̯u⁵⁵ fu²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yu-fû
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)iu fu´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yiu⁴ fu¹
  - IPA: /(j)i̯u⁵⁵ fu²⁴/