優撫

See also: 优抚

Chinese

		excellent; superior	to comfort; touch gently with hand
trad. (優撫)		優	撫
simp. (优抚)		优	抚

Etymology

Short for 優待／优待 (yōudài) + 撫恤／抚恤 (fǔxù).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yōufǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡ ㄈㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau¹ fu²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iu-hú / iu-bú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yōufǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡ ㄈㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: youfǔ
    • Wade–Giles: yu¹-fu³
    • Yale: yōu-fǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ioufuu
    • Palladius: юфу (jufu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯⁵⁵ fu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau¹ fu²
    • Yale: yāu fú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau¹ fu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo¹ fu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯⁵⁵ fuː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iu-hú
    • Tâi-lô: iu-hú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iu'huo
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /iu⁴⁴⁻²² hu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iu³³ hu⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iu-bú
    • Tâi-lô: iu-bú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iu'buo
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /iu⁴⁴⁻²² bu⁵³/

Verb

優撫

1. to give special care to disabled servicemen, and to family members of revolutionary martyrs and servicemen

Adjective

優撫

1. (attributive, used in hospital names, euphemistic) mental health (especially when relating to servicemen); psychiatric; mental