狐猴

Chinese

		fox	monkey
trad. (狐猴)		狐	猴
simp. #(狐猴)		狐	猴

Etymology

Compare Japanese 狐猿 (kitsunezaru, literally “fox monkey”), Korean 여우원숭이 (yeouwonsung'i, literally “fox monkey”) and Vietnamese vượn cáo (literally “fox ape”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): húhóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˊ ㄏㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu⁴ hau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: húhóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ ㄏㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: húhóu
    • Wade–Giles: hu²-hou²
    • Yale: hú-hóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwuhour
    • Palladius: хухоу (xuxou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu³⁵ xoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wu⁴ hau⁴
    • Yale: wùh hàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu⁴ hau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wu⁴ heo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː²¹ hɐu̯²¹/

Noun

狐猴

1. lemur

Derived terms

• 倭狐猴
• 大狐猴
• 大鼠狐猴