惜福

Chinese

		pity; regret; rue pity; regret; rue; begrudge	good fortune; happiness; luck good fortune; happiness; luck; Fujian province (abbrev.); surname
simp. and trad. (惜福)		惜	福

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīfú, xífú

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄈㄨˊ, ㄒㄧˊ ㄈㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik¹ fuk¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sioh-hok

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīfú
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄈㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sifú
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-fu²
    • Yale: syī-fú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shifwu
    • Palladius: сифу (sifu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ fu³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xífú
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˊ ㄈㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sífú
    • Wade–Giles: hsi²-fu²
    • Yale: syí-fú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyifwu
    • Palladius: сифу (sifu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi³⁵ fu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sik¹ fuk¹
    • Yale: sīk fūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁷ fuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig¹ fug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚⁵ fʊk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sioh-hok
    • Tâi-lô: sioh-hok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioihhog
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sio(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ hɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sio(ʔ)⁵ hɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sio(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ hɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sio(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ hɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɤ(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ hɔk̚³²/

Verb

惜福

1. to cherish one's good fortune; to be grateful for one's blessings

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (惜福):

• → Korean: 석복(惜福) (seokbok)