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): ㄧㄡ ㄈㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau¹ fau⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yu-fû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yōufú
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡ ㄈㄨˊ
    • 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^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yiu⁴ fu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯u⁵⁵ fu²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yu-fû
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iu fu^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yiu⁴ fu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯u⁵⁵ fu²⁴/

Noun

幽浮

1. (chiefly Taiwan) unidentified flying object; UFO

Synonyms

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• 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)