幽默

Chinese

quiet; secluded silent; write from memory
trad. (幽默) 幽 默
simp. #(幽默) 幽 默

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 幽 默
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 影 (34) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 幽 (138) 德 (131)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III I
Fanqie 於虯切 莫北切
Baxter 'jiw mok
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʔiɪu/ /mək̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʔɨu/ /mək̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ʔieu/ /mək̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʔjiw/ /mək̚/
Li
Rong 		/ʔiĕu/ /mək̚/
Wang
Li 		/iəu/ /mək̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ʔieu/ /mək̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yōu mò
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jau1 mak6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 幽
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		yōu
Middle
Chinese 		‹ ʔjiw ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[ʔ](r)iw/
English dark; secluded

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] 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 幽 默
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 14620 5107
Phonetic
component 		幽 黑
Rime
group 		幽 職
Rime
subdivision 		2 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		幽 墨
Old
Chinese 		/*qɯw/ /*mlɯːɡ/
Notes 甲金文從火從二幺會意火微

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。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
眴兮杳杳，孔静幽默。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
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.

Adjective

幽默

  1. (archaic) quiet; tranquil

Etymology 2

Phono-semantic matching of English humor, adapted by linguist Lin Yutang in 1924.

凡是善於幽默的人，其諧趣必愈幽隱，而善於鑑賞幽默的人，其欣賞尤在於內心靜靜的理會，大有不可與外人道之滋味，與粗鄙顯露的笑話不同，幽默愈幽愈默而愈妙。 [MSC, trad.]
凡是善于幽默的人，其谐趣必愈幽隐，而善于鉴赏幽默的人，其欣赏尤在于内心静静的理会，大有不可与外人道之滋味，与粗鄙显露的笑话不同，幽默愈幽愈默而愈妙。 [MSC, simp.]
From: Lin Yutang
Fánshì shànyú yōumò de rén, qí xiéqù bì yù yōuyǐn, ér shànyú jiànshǎng yōumò de rén, qí xīnshǎng yóu zàiyú nèixīn jìngjìng de lǐhuì, dàyǒu bùkěyǔwàiréndào zhī zīwèi, yǔ cūbǐ xiǎnlù de xiàohuà bùtóng, yōumò yù yōu yù mò ér yù miào. [Pinyin]
Those who are truly skilled in humor tend to express it with subtlety and depth; and those who are adept at appreciating humor often do so through quiet, inward reflection. The pleasure they derive is something intimate, not easily shared with outsiders. Unlike crude and obvious jokes, the more understated and silent the humor, the more quiet and silent it becomes.

Adjective

幽默

  1. funny
Synonyms

Noun

幽默

  1. humor; hilarity

Derived terms

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