禽獸

See also: 禽兽

Chinese

		birds; fowl	beast; quadruped
trad. (禽獸)		禽	獸
simp. (禽兽)		禽	兽

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qínshòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄣˊ ㄕㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kam⁴ sau³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khìm-chhu
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khîm-siù

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qínshòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄣˊ ㄕㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cínshòu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻin²-shou⁴
    • Yale: chín-shòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chynshow
    • Palladius: циньшоу (cinʹšou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰin³⁵ ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kam⁴ sau³
    • Yale: kàhm sau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kam⁴ sau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: kem⁴ seo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐm²¹ sɐu̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khìm-chhu
    • Hakka Romanization System: kimˇ cu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kim² cu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰim¹¹ t͡sʰu⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khîm-siù
    • Tâi-lô: khîm-siù
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qimsiux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰim²⁴⁻²² siu²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰim²⁴⁻²² siu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰim¹³⁻²² siu²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰim²⁴⁻¹¹ siu¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰim²³⁻³³ siu²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: gim syuwH

Rime
Character	禽	獸
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	侵 (140)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	巨金切	舒救切
Baxter	gim	syuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡˠiɪm/	/ɕɨuH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡᵚim/	/ɕiuH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiem/	/ɕiəuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gjim/	/ɕuwH/
Li Rong	/ɡjəm/	/ɕiuH/
Wang Li	/ɡĭĕm/	/ɕĭəuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/gi̯əm/	/ɕi̯ə̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qín	shòu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kam4	sau3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[C.ɢ](r)[ə]m  s.tʰu(ʔ)-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡrɯm  qʰljus/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	禽	禽	獸
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qín	qín	shòu
Middle Chinese	‹ gim ›	‹ gim ›	‹ syuwH ›
Old Chinese	/*[C.ɢ](r)[ə]m/	/*[C.ɢ](r)[ə]m/	/*s.tʰu(ʔ)-s/
English	bird; animal	catch, capture	(wild) animal
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	禽	獸
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	6607	11712
Phonetic component	今	嘼
Rime group	侵	幽
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	琴	狩
Old Chinese	/*ɡrɯm/	/*qʰljus/

Noun

禽獸

1. birds and animals

   Synonym: 鳥獸／鸟兽 (niǎoshòu)

2. beast; animal; creature
3. (figurative) beast (cruel person)

   白天是教授，晚上是禽獸 [MSC, trad.]
   白天是教授，晚上是禽兽 [MSC, simp.]

   báitiān shì jiàoshòu, wǎnshang shì qínshòu [Pinyin]

   professor by day, beast by night

Derived terms

• 衣冠禽獸／衣冠禽兽 (yīguānqínshòu)