優遊

Chinese

		excellent; superior	to roam; travel
trad. (優遊/優游)		優	遊/游
simp. (优游)		优	游
alternative forms		優繇／优繇

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yōuyóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡ ㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau¹ jau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yōuyóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡ ㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: youyóu
    • Wade–Giles: yu¹-yu²
    • Yale: yōu-yóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iouyou
    • Palladius: юю (juju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯⁵⁵ joʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau¹ jau⁴
    • Yale: yāu yàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau¹ jau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo¹ yeo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯⁵⁵ jɐu̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: 'juw yuw

Rime
Character	優	遊
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	於求切	以周切
Baxter	'juw	yuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɨu/	/jɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔiu/	/jiu/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiəu/	/iəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔuw/	/juw/
Li Rong	/ʔiu/	/iu/
Wang Li	/ĭəu/	/jĭəu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔi̯ə̯u/	/i̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yōu	yóu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jau1	jau4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ʔ(r)u  [N-]ru/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qu  lu/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	優	遊
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yōu	yóu
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔjuw ›	‹ yuw ›
Old Chinese	/*ʔ(r)u/	/*[N-]ru/
English	entertainer; liberal	wander about
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	遊
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	15494	15546
Phonetic component	憂	斿
Rime group	幽	幽
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	憂	猷
Old Chinese	/*qu/	/*lu/
Notes		同遊

Adjective

優遊

1. carefree; leisurely; happy-go-lucky
2. (archaic) indecisive; hesitant
3. (archaic) lenient; generous
4. (archaic) affluent; well off

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
優	遊

Adjective

優遊

1. chữ Hán form of ưu du.