優渥

Chinese

		excellent; superior	enrich; moisten
trad. (優渥)		優	渥
simp. (优渥)		优	渥

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yōuwò

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡ ㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau¹ ak¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iu-ak

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yōuwò
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡ ㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: youwò
    • Wade–Giles: yu¹-wo⁴
    • Yale: yōu-wò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iouwoh
    • Palladius: юво (juvo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯⁵⁵ wɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau¹ ak¹
    • Yale: yāu āk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau¹ ak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo¹ eg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯⁵⁵ ɐk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iu-ak
    • Tâi-lô: iu-ak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iu'ag
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iu⁴⁴⁻²² ak̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iu³³ ak̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu⁴⁴⁻²² ak̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iu⁴⁴⁻³³ ak̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu⁴⁴⁻³³ ak̚³²/

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• Middle Chinese: 'juw 'aewk

Rime
Character	優	渥
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	覺 (10)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	於求切	於角切
Baxter	'juw	'aewk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɨu/	/ʔˠʌk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔiu/	/ʔᵚɔk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiəu/	/ʔɔk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔuw/	/ʔaɨwk̚/
Li Rong	/ʔiu/	/ʔɔk̚/
Wang Li	/ĭəu/	/ɔk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔi̯ə̯u/	/ʔɔk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yōu	yue
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jau1	ok3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ʔ(r)u  qˤrok/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qu  qroːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	優	渥
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yōu	wò
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔjuw ›	‹ ʔæwk ›
Old Chinese	/*ʔ(r)u/	/*qˁrok/ (or *ʔˁrok ?)
English	entertainer; liberal	moisten, smear
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	優	渥
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	15494	13069
Phonetic component	憂	屋
Rime group	幽	屋
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	憂	渥
Old Chinese	/*qu/	/*qroːɡ/

Adjective

優渥

1. (literary) abundant; ample; copious