優劣

See also: 优劣

Chinese

		excellent; superior	inferior
trad. (優劣)		優	劣
simp. (优劣)		优	劣

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yōuliè

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄡㄌㄧㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jau¹ lyut³ / jau¹ lyut⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iu-loa̍t / iu-lia̍t

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yōuliè
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄡㄌㄧㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: youliè
  - Wade–Giles: yu¹-lieh⁴
  - Yale: yōu-lyè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ioulieh
  - Palladius: юле (jule)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯⁵⁵ li̯ɛ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jau¹ lyut³ / jau¹ lyut⁶
  - Yale: yāu lyut / yāu lyuht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jau¹ lyt⁸ / jau¹ lyt⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yeo¹ lüd³ / yeo¹ lüd⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯⁵⁵ lyːt̚³/, /jɐu̯⁵⁵ lyːt̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iu-loa̍t
  - Tâi-lô: iu-lua̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iuloat
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /iu⁴⁴⁻²² luat̚⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu⁴⁴⁻²² luat̚¹²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /iu⁴⁴⁻³³ luat̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iu-lia̍t
  - Tâi-lô: iu-lia̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iuliat
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /iu⁴⁴⁻³³ liɛt̚⁴/

Noun

優劣

good and bad; superiority or inferiority; quality; (relative) merits

Japanese

Kanji in this term
優	劣
ゆう Grade: 6	れつ Grade: S
kan'on

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ゆうれつ [yúꜜùrètsù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]^[3]
(Tokyo) ゆうれつ [yùúrétsú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [jɯ̟ːɾe̞t͡sɨ]

Noun

優(ゆう)劣(れつ) • (yūretsu) ^{←いうれつ (iuretu)^?}

(relative) merits, superiority or inferiority, good and bad, quality

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (2016), NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“優劣”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
優	劣

Noun

優劣 • (uyeol) (hangeul 우열)

hanja form^? of 우열 (“(relative) merits, superiority or inferiority, good and bad, quality”)