北極狐

See also: 北极狐

Chinese

		the North Pole	fox
trad. (北極狐)		北極	狐
simp. (北极狐)		北极	狐

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Běijíhú

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˇ ㄐㄧˊ ㄏㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bak¹ gik⁶ wu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Běijíhú
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˇ ㄐㄧˊ ㄏㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Běijíhú
    • Wade–Giles: Pei³-chi²-hu²
    • Yale: Běi-jí-hú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Beeijyihwu
    • Palladius: Бэйцзиху (Bɛjczixu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi³⁵ xu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bak¹ gik⁶ wu⁴
    • Yale: bāk gihk wùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bak⁷ gik⁹ wu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: beg¹ gig⁶ wu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐk̚⁵ kɪk̚² wuː²¹/

Noun

北極狐

1. arctic fox

Synonyms

• 白狐 (báihú)
• 藍狐／蓝狐 (lánhú)
• 雪狐 (xuěhú)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
北	極	狐
ほく > ほっ Grade: 2	きょく Grade: 4	きつね > ぎつね Hyōgaiji
on’yomi		kun’yomi

Etymology

From 北極(ほっきょく) (hokkyoku, “North Pole”) + 狐(きつね) (kitsune, “fox”). The kitsune changes to gitsune as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ほっきょくぎ​つね [hòkkyókúgíꜜtsùnè] (Nakadaka – [5])
• IPA^(key): [ho̞k̚ʲkʲo̞kɯ̟ᵝɡʲit͡sɨᵝne̞]

Noun

北(ほっ)極(きょく)狐(ぎつね) or 北極狐(ホッキョクギツネ) • (Hokkyokugitsune) ^{←ほくきよくぎつね (fokukyokugitune)?}

1. an arctic fox

Usage notes

• As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ホッキョクギツネ.

Synonyms

• 白狐(びゃっこ) (byakko)