馬猴

Chinese

		horse; surname	monkey
trad. (馬猴)		馬	猴
simp. (马猴)		马	猴

Etymology

Likely cognate with 沐猴 (OC *moːɡ ɡoː, “macaque”), 母猴 (OC *mɯʔ ɡoː, “macaque”) and 獼猴 (OC *mnel ɡoː, “macaque”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǎhóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˇ ㄏㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maa⁵ hau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǎhóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄏㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǎhóu
    • Wade–Giles: ma³-hou²
    • Yale: mǎ-hóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maahour
    • Palladius: махоу (maxou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ xoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maa⁵ hau⁴
    • Yale: máh hàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maa⁵ hau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ma⁵ heo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maː¹³ hɐu̯²¹/

Noun

馬猴

1. macaque

Synonyms

• 獼猴／猕猴 (míhóu)

Derived terms

• 馬猴燒酒／马猴烧酒 (mǎhóu shāojiǔ)