麋鹿

Chinese

		moose; river bank	deer
trad. (麋鹿)		麋	鹿
simp. #(麋鹿)		麋	鹿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mílù

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˊ ㄌㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁴ luk^6-2
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bî-lo̍k

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mílù
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˊ ㄌㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mílù
    • Wade–Giles: mi²-lu⁴
    • Yale: mí-lù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miluh
    • Palladius: милу (milu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi³⁵ lu⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

      [Show/Hide]
      edit edit 迷路 麋鹿

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁴ luk^6-2
    • Yale: mèih lúk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁴ luk^9-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁴ lug^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²¹ lʊk̚²⁻³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bî-lo̍k
    • Tâi-lô: bî-lo̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bilok
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bi²⁴⁻²² lɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bi²⁴⁻²² lɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi¹³⁻²² lɔk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bi²⁴⁻¹¹ lɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi²³⁻³³ lɔk̚⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 麋鹿

1. elk
2. Père David's deer

(deprecated template usage)

---

Japanese

Kanji in this term
麋	鹿
び Hyōgai	ろく Grade: 4
on'yomi

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Chinese compound 麋鹿 (*myi *luk). Compare modern Chinese 麋鹿 (mílù).

Noun

麋(び)鹿(ろく) • (biroku) 

1. elk and deer
2. (figuratively) something rusticated and rural
3. (figuratively, humble) the quiet country life

References

• Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN