猴猴

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (猴猴)		猴	猴
simp. #(猴猴)		猴	猴

Etymology 1

From Austronesian.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Hóuhóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˊ ㄏㄡˊ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Kâu-kâu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Hóuhóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˊ ㄏㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Hóuhóu
    • Wade–Giles: Hou²-hou²
    • Yale: Hóu-hóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Hourhour
    • Palladius: Хоухоу (Xouxou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯³⁵ xoʊ̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kâu-kâu
    • Tâi-lô: Kâu-kâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kau'kaau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kau²⁴⁻²² kau²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kau²⁴⁻²² kau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kau¹³⁻²² kau¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kau²⁴⁻¹¹ kau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kau²³⁻³³ kau²³/

Proper noun

猴猴

1. (～族) Qauqaut (Taiwanese indigenous people)
2. (～庄) (historical) Kaukau (a village in Taiwan)

Derived terms

• 猴猴人
• 猴猴族
• 猴猴語／猴猴语

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gao² gao²

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• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: gao² gao²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kau¹³ kau¹³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: gao² gao² [Phonetic: gao¹ gao²]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kau¹³⁻⁵⁵ kau¹³/

Adjective

猴猴

1. skinny, gaunt (of one's face); to be thin as a monkey

Derived terms

• 面猴猴
• 黏猴猴

 

References

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “猴猴”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 197.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
猴	猴
カウ Hyōgai	カウ Hyōgai
irregular

Etymology

From Hokkien 猴猴 (Kâu-kâu).

Proper noun

猴(カウ)猴(カウ) • (Kaukau) 

1. (historical) Kaukau (a village in Taiwan)