巡撫

See also: 巡抚

Chinese

		to patrol; to make one's rounds	to comfort; touch gently with hand
trad. (巡撫)		巡	撫
simp. (巡抚)		巡	抚

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xúnfǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄈㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceon⁴ fu²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sûn-hú / sûn-bú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xúnfǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄈㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syúnfǔ
    • Wade–Giles: hsün²-fu³
    • Yale: syún-fǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyunfuu
    • Palladius: сюньфу (sjunʹfu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyn³⁵ fu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceon⁴ fu²
    • Yale: chèuhn fú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoen⁴ fu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: cên⁴ fu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵn²¹ fuː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sûn-hú
    • Tâi-lô: sûn-hú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sunhuo
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sun¹³⁻²² hu⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sun²⁴⁻²² hu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sun²⁴⁻²² hu⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sûn-bú
    • Tâi-lô: sûn-bú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sunbuo
    • IPA (Taipei): /sun²⁴⁻¹¹ bu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sun²³⁻³³ bu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sun²⁴⁻²² bu⁵⁵⁴/

Verb

巡撫

1. (literary) to go on a tour of inspection

Noun

巡撫

1. (archaic, historical, Ming dynasty) imperial inspector
2. (archaic, historical, Qing dynasty) governor of a province

Derived terms

• 督撫／督抚 (dūfǔ)

 

See also

• 撫臺／抚台 (fǔtái)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
巡	撫

Noun

巡撫

1. chữ Hán form of tuần phủ (“(archaic) governor of a province”).