狒狒

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Chinese[edit]

hamadryad baboon hamadryad baboon
simp. and trad.
(狒狒)
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Etymology[edit]

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “When and where was it first assigned the meaning "baboon"? Influenced by which foreign language if any? English baboon? French babouin?”

Pronunciation[edit]



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (3)
Final () (21)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter bj+jH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/bʉiH/
Pan
Wuyun
/bʷɨiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/biuəiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/bujH/
Li
Rong
/biuəiH/
Wang
Li
/bĭwəiH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/bʱwe̯iH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
fèi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
fei6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 3308
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
𥝋
Old
Chinese
/*buds/
Notes

Noun[edit]

狒狒

  1. baboon
  2. (archaic, Chinese mythology) name of a monster mentioned in the Erya (爾雅)

Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term

Hyōgaiji

Hyōgaiji
on’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 狒狒 – see the following entry.
狒々ひひ
[noun] (Japanese mythology, folklore) a hihi (Japanese monkey-like yokai)
[noun] a baboon (primate)
Alternative spellings
比々, 比比, ヒヒ
(This term, 狒狒, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)