野獸

See also: 野兽

Chinese

		field; plain; open space field; plain; open space; limit; boundary; rude; wild	beast; quadruped
trad. (野獸)		野	獸
simp. (野兽)		野	兽

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): yěshòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˇ ㄕㄡˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ye³ sou⁴

• Cantonese (Jyutping): je⁵ sau³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): yâ-chhu

  (Meixian, Guangdong): ya¹ cu⁴

• Jin (Wiktionary): ie² sou³
• Eastern Min (BUC): iā-séu
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): iá-siù

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ia² siu³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yěshòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˇ ㄕㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yěshòu
    • Wade–Giles: yeh³-shou⁴
    • Yale: yě-shòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeeshow
    • Palladius: ешоу (ješou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ye³ sou⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: iesou
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iɛ⁵³ səu²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: je⁵ sau³
    • Yale: yéh sau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: je⁵ sau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yé⁵ seo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛː¹³ sɐu̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yâ-chhu
    • Hakka Romanization System: ia´ cu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ya¹ cu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯a²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰu⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yâ-chhu
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)ia´ cu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ya¹ cu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯a²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰu⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ya¹ cu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ia⁴⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰu⁵³/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: ie² sou³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /ie⁵³ səu⁴⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: iā-séu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ia³³⁻⁵⁵ ^(s-)liɛu²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iá-siù
    • Tâi-lô: iá-siù
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iafsiux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ia⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siu²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ia⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ia⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siu²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ia⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siu¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ia⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siu²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ia² siu³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iá siù
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ia⁵²⁻³⁵ siu²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: yaeX syuwH

Rime
Character	野	獸
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	麻 (100)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	羊者切	舒救切
Baxter	yaeX	syuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiaX/	/ɕɨuH/
Pan Wuyun	/jiaX/	/ɕiuH/
Shao Rongfen	/iaX/	/ɕiəuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jiaX/	/ɕuwH/
Li Rong	/iaX/	/ɕiuH/
Wang Li	/jĭaX/	/ɕĭəuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯aX/	/ɕi̯ə̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yě	shòu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	je5	sau3

Noun

野獸

1. wild animal; wild beast

   美女與野獸／美女与野兽  ―  měinǚ yǔ yěshòu  ―  beauty and the beast

2. (figurative) cruel and nasty person

Synonyms

• (Sichuan) 野物
• (Leizhou Min) 山獸／山兽

Derived terms

• 美女與野獸／美女与野兽
• 野獸派／野兽派 (yěshòupài)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
野	獸
や Grade: 2	じゅう Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Noun

野(や)獸(じゅう) • (yajū) 

1. Kyūjitai form of 野獣: beast (non-human animal)

Korean

Hanja in this term
野	獸

Noun

野獸 • (yasu) (hangeul 야수)

1. Hanja form^? of 야수 (“beast, brute”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
野	獸

Noun

野獸

1. chữ Hán form of dã thú (“wild animal”).