秀發

Chinese

		to ear; beautiful; elegant to ear; beautiful; elegant; outstanding; to show; to display; show	to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop
trad. (秀發)		秀	發
simp. (秀发*)		秀	发

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiùfā

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄈㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau³ faat³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiùfā
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄈㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siòufa
    • Wade–Giles: hsiu⁴-fa¹
    • Yale: syòu-fā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiowfa
    • Palladius: сюфа (sjufa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ fä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau³ faat³
    • Yale: sau faat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau³ faat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo³ fad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³³ faːt̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: sjuwH pjot

Rime
Character	秀	發
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	元 (68)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	息救切	方伐切
Baxter	sjuwH	pjot
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɨuH/	/pʉɐt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/siuH/	/pʷiɐt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/siəuH/	/piuɐt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/suwH/	/puat̚/
Li Rong	/siuH/	/piuɐt̚/
Wang Li	/sĭəuH/	/pĭwɐt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/si̯ə̯uH/	/pi̯wɐt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiù	fa
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sau3	faat3

Adjective

秀發

1. (literary) outstanding and brilliant
2. (literary) flowers being in full bloom