獼猴

See also: 猕猴

Chinese

		macaque	monkey
trad. (獼猴)		獼	猴
simp. (猕猴)		猕	猴

Etymology

May be cognate with 沐猴 (OC *moːɡ ɡoː, “macaque”), 母猴 (OC *mɯʔ ɡoː, “macaque”) and 馬猴／马猴 (mǎhóu, “macaque”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): míhóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˊ ㄏㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁴ hau⁴ / nei⁴ hau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mî-kâu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: míhóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˊ ㄏㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: míhóu
    • Wade–Giles: mi²-hou²
    • Yale: mí-hóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mihour
    • Palladius: михоу (mixou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi³⁵ xoʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: míhóur
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˊ ㄏㄡˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: míhóur
    • Wade–Giles: mi²-hou²-ʼrh
    • Yale: mí-hóur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mihourl
    • Palladius: михоур (mixour)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi³⁵ xɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁴ hau⁴ / nei⁴ hau⁴
    • Yale: mèih hàuh / nèih hàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁴ hau⁴ / nei⁴ hau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁴ heo⁴ / néi⁴ heo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²¹ hɐu̯²¹/, /nei̯²¹ hɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mî-kâu
    • Tâi-lô: mî-kâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mi'kaau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /mĩ²⁴⁻²² kau²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /mĩ²⁴⁻²² kau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mĩ¹³⁻²² kau¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /mĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ kau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mĩ²³⁻³³ kau²³/

Noun

獼猴

1. rhesus macaque (common species of monkey throughout southern Asia) (Classifier: 隻／只)

Derived terms

• 獼猴桃／猕猴桃 (míhóutáo)