武侯

Chinese

		martial; military	marquis
trad. (武侯)		武	侯
simp. #(武侯)		武	侯

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Wǔhóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄏㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁵ hau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Wǔhóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄏㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Wǔhóu
    • Wade–Giles: Wu³-hou²
    • Yale: Wǔ-hóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wuuhour
    • Palladius: Ухоу (Uxou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ xoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁵ hau⁴
    • Yale: móuh hàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁵ hau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁵ heo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯¹³ hɐu̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: mjuX huw

Rime
Character	武	侯
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	文甫切	戸鉤切
Baxter	mjuX	huw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɨoX/	/ɦəu/
Pan Wuyun	/mioX/	/ɦəu/
Shao Rongfen	/mioX/	/ɣəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muə̆X/	/ɦəw/
Li Rong	/mioX/	/ɣu/
Wang Li	/mĭuX/	/ɣəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯uX/	/ɣə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wǔ	hóu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mou5	hau4

Proper noun

武侯

1. Zhuge Liang
2. (～區) Wuhou District (a district of Chengdu, Sichuan, China)