優遊

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Chinese

excellent; superior to roam; travel
trad. (優遊/優游) /
simp. (优游)
alternative forms 優繇优繇

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (34) (36)
Final () (136) (136)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
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
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
yōu yóu
Middle
Chinese
‹ ʔjuw › ‹ yuw ›
Old
Chinese
/*ʔ(r)u/ /*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. * 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
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 15494 15546
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qu/ /*lu/
Notes

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

Adjective

優遊

  1. chữ Hán form of ưu du.