悠揚

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See also: 悠扬

Chinese

		at ease; long (in time); sad	hurl; to raise; to scatter
trad. (悠揚)		悠	揚
simp. (悠扬)		悠	扬

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yōuyáng

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄡㄧㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁴ joeng⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iu-iông / iu-iâng
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹ieu-yan₆

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yōuyáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄡㄧㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: youyáng
  - Wade–Giles: yu¹-yang²
  - Yale: yōu-yáng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iouyang
  - Palladius: юян (jujan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯⁵⁵ jɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jau⁴ joeng⁴
  - Yale: yàuh yèuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁴ joeng⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁴ yêng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²¹ jœːŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iu-iông
  - Tâi-lô: iu-iông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iu'ioong
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iu⁴⁴⁻²² iɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iu³³ iɔŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iu-iâng
  - Tâi-lô: iu-iâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iu'iaang
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu⁴⁴⁻²² iaŋ¹³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹ieu-yan₆
  - MiniDict: ieu^平 yan^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹ieu-hhian₃
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /iɤ⁵⁵ ɦiã²¹/

Middle Chinese: yuw yang

Rime
Character	悠	揚
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	以周切	與章切
Baxter	yuw	yang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨu/	/jɨɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/jiu/	/jiɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/iəu/	/iɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/juw/	/jɨaŋ/
Li Rong	/iu/	/iaŋ/
Wang Li	/jĭəu/	/jĭaŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ə̯u/	/i̯aŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yóu	yáng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jau⁴	joeng⁴

Adjective

悠揚

(of music) flowing gently; sometimes high and sometimes low; melodious
(literary) fluttering; rippling; drifting
(literary) lingering; slow

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
悠	揚

Adjective

悠揚

chữ Hán form of du dương (“flowing gently”).

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