幽默
Chinese
quiet; secluded | silent; write from memory | ||
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trad. (幽默) | 幽 | 默 | |
simp. #(幽默) | 幽 | 默 |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): jau1 mak6
- Hakka
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): iu1 beh7
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1ieu-meq
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: yōumò
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄡ ㄇㄛˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: youmò
- Wade–Giles: yu1-mo4
- Yale: yōu-mwò
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ioumoh
- Palladius: юмо (jumo)
- Sinological IPA (key): /joʊ̯⁵⁵ mu̯ɔ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: jau1 mak6
- Yale: yāu mahk
- Cantonese Pinyin: jau1 mak9
- Guangdong Romanization: yeo1 meg6
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɐu̯⁵⁵ mɐk̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yû-me̍t
- Hakka Romanization System: iuˊ med
- Hagfa Pinyim: yiu1 med6
- Sinological IPA: /i̯u²⁴⁻¹¹ met̚⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yû-me̍t
- Hakka Romanization System: (r)iuˊ med
- Hagfa Pinyim: yiu1 med6
- Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯u²⁴⁻¹¹ met̚⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: rhiuˋ medˋ
- Sinological IPA: /ʒiu⁵³ met²/
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: iu1 beh7 [Phonetic: iu5 beh7]
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: iu-be̍h
- Sinological IPA (key): /iu⁵³³⁻¹¹ pɛʔ⁴/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: iu1 beh7 [Phonetic: iu5 beh7]
- Sinological IPA (key): /iu⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ pɛʔ⁴/
- (Putian)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iu-bia̍k
- Tâi-lô: iu-bia̍k
- Phofsit Daibuun: iu'biak
- IPA (Quanzhou): /iu³³ biak̚²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iu-be̍k
- Tâi-lô: iu-bi̍k
- Phofsit Daibuun: iu'bek
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu⁴⁴⁻²² biɪk̚¹²¹/
- IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /iu⁴⁴⁻³³ biɪk̚⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen): /iu⁴⁴⁻²² biɪk̚⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: hiun1 mig8
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hiuⁿ mi̍k
- Sinological IPA (key): /hĩũ³³⁻²³ mik̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Wu
- Middle Chinese: 'jiw mok
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*qɯw mlɯːɡ/
Etymology 1
Of native origin, as the combination of 幽 (yōu, “dark”) and 默 (mò, “quiet”); attested in the Chu Ci (《楚辭·九章·懷沙》).
- 眴兮杳杳,孔靜幽默。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
- From: The Verses of Chu, 4th century BCE – 2nd century CE
- Xuàn xī yǎoyǎo, kǒng jìng yōumò. [Pinyin]
- Wherever I see, it is dark and empty, amid total silence.
眴兮杳杳,孔静幽默。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
Adjective
幽默
Etymology 2
Phono-semantic matching of English humor, by linguist Lin Yutang in 1924.
Adjective
幽默
Synonyms
Noun
幽默