幽浮

Chinese

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

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)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yōufú
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄡㄈㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: youfú
  - Wade–Giles: yu¹-fu²
  - Yale: yōu-fú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ioufwu
  - Palladius: юфу (jufu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯⁵⁵ fu³⁵/
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/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yu-fû
  - Hakka Romanization System: iu fu´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yiu⁴ fu¹
  - Sinological IPA: /i̯u⁵⁵ fu²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yu-fû
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)iu fu´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yiu⁴ fu¹
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯u⁵⁵ fu²⁴/

Noun

幽浮

(chiefly Taiwan) unidentified flying object; UFO

Synonyms

不明飛行物／不明飞行物 (bùmíng fēixíngwù)
不明飛行物體／不明飞行物体 (bùmíng fēixíng wùtǐ)
星槎 (xīngchá) (archaic)
飛碟／飞碟 (fēidié) (flying saucer)

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