猞猁猻

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (猞猁猻)		猞	猁	猻
simp. (猞猁狲)		猞	猁	狲
alternative forms		猞猁孫／猞猁孙 失利孫／失利孙 扯裏猻／扯里狲

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Mongolian ᠰᠢᠯᠦᠭᠦᠰᠦ (silügüsü) or Manchu ᠰᡳᠯᡠᠨ (silun), from a Turco-Mongol root.

Compare Chuvash ҫӳлевӗҫ (śülevĕś), Kalmyk шилүсн (şilüsn), Kazakh сілеусін (sıleusın), Korean 스라소니 (seurasoni), Kyrgyz сүлөөсүн (sülöösün), Uyghur سۈلەيسۈن‏‎ (süleysün‏‎).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēlìsūn, shèlìsūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄜ ㄌㄧˋ ㄙㄨㄣ, ㄕㄜˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄙㄨㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): se³ lei⁶ syun¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēlìsūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄜ ㄌㄧˋ ㄙㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shelìsun
    • Wade–Giles: shê¹-li⁴-sun¹
    • Yale: shē-lì-swūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shelihsuen
    • Palladius: шэлисунь (šɛlisunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤ⁵⁵ li⁵¹ su̯ən⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shèlìsūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄜˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄙㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shèlìsun
    • Wade–Giles: shê⁴-li⁴-sun¹
    • Yale: shè-lì-swūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shehlihsuen
    • Palladius: шэлисунь (šɛlisunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹ su̯ən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: se³ lei⁶ syun¹
    • Yale: se leih syūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: se³ lei⁶ syn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sé³ léi⁶ xun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛː³³ lei̯²² syːn⁵⁵/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 猞猁猻

1. lynx (wild cats of the genus Lynx)

Synonyms

• (short form) 猞猁 (shēlì)

(deprecated template usage)