母猴

Chinese

		female; mother	monkey
trad. (母猴)		母	猴
simp. #(母猴)		母	猴

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǔhóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˇ ㄏㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁵ hau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǔhóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˇ ㄏㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǔhóu
    • Wade–Giles: mu³-hou²
    • Yale: mǔ-hóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muuhour
    • Palladius: мухоу (muxou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu²¹⁴⁻²¹ 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/

Noun

母猴

1. female monkey

Etymology 2

The first syllable may be an old pre-initial (Schuessler, 2007).

Likely cognate with 沐猴 (OC *moːɡ ɡoː, “macaque”), 獼猴 (OC *mnel ɡoː, “macaque”) and 馬猴／马猴 (mǎhóu, “macaque”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǔhóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˇ ㄏㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁵ hau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǔhóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˇ ㄏㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǔhóu
    • Wade–Giles: mu³-hou²
    • Yale: mǔ-hóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muuhour
    • Palladius: мухоу (muxou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu²¹⁴⁻²¹ 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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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*mɯʔ  ɡoː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	母	猴
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	9288	5141
Phonetic component	母	侯
Rime group	之	侯
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	母
Old Chinese	/*mɯʔ/	/*ɡoː/

Noun

母猴

1. (Classical) macaque