See also: 狐貍

Chinese edit

fox raccoon dog; leopard cat
trad. (狐狸/狐貍) /
simp. (狐狸)
 
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Pronunciation edit


Note: wu4 lei4 - literary.
Note:
  • hou5 lai5 - vernacular;
  • hu5 li5 - literary.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (33) (37)
Final () (23) (19)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter hu li
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦuo/ /lɨ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦuo/ /lɨ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣo/ /lie/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦɔ/ /lɨ/
Li
Rong
/ɣo/ /liə/
Wang
Li
/ɣu/ /lĭə/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɣuo/ /li/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
wu4 lei4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ hu › ‹ li ›
Old
Chinese
/*[ɡ]ʷˁa/ /*p.rə/
English fox kind of wild cat (pron. west of the Hángǔ pass, ap. Fāngyán)

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
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 4358 7822
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡʷaː/ /*rɯ/
Notes
 
狐狸

Noun edit

狐狸

  1. fox (Classifier: m c mn)
  2. (figurative) sly person; treacherous person (Classifier: m;  c mn)

Synonyms edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

Sino-Xenic (狐狸):
  • Japanese: 狐狸(こり) (kori)
  • Korean: 호리(狐貍) (hori)
  • Vietnamese: hồ li (狐狸)

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Hyōgaiji

Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Etymology edit

From Middle Chinese 狐狸 (MC hu li).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

()() (kori

  1. foxes and tanukis
  2. (figurative) sly or treacherous person

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean edit

Hanja in this term

Noun edit

狐狸 (hori) (hangeul 호리)

  1. Hanja form? of 호리 (foxes and wildcats).

Vietnamese edit

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun edit

狐狸

  1. chữ Hán form of hồ li.