狐猴
Chinese
fox | monkey | ||
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trad. (狐猴) | 狐 | 猴 | |
simp. #(狐猴) | 狐 | 猴 |
Etymology
Compare Japanese 狐猿 (kitsunezaru, literally “fox monkey”), Korean 여우원숭이 (yeouwonsung'i, literally “fox monkey”) and Vietnamese vượn cáo (literally “fox ape”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ ㄏㄡˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: húhóu
- Wade–Giles: hu2-hou2
- Yale: hú-hóu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwuhour
- Palladius: хухоу (xuxou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xu³⁵ xoʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: wu4 hau4
- Yale: wùh hàuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: wu4 hau4
- Guangdong Romanization: wu4 heo4
- Sinological IPA (key): /wuː²¹ hɐu̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+