狐狸
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狐狸
See also: 狐貍
Chinese
| fox | raccoon dog; leopard cat | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (狐狸/狐貍) | 狐 | 狸/貍 | |
| simp. (狐狸) | 狐 | 狸 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): fu2 ni3
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): wu4 lei4-2 / wu4 lei4
- (Taishan, Wiktionary): vu3 lei4* / vu3 lei4
- Gan (Wiktionary): fu4 li
- Hakka
- Jin (Wiktionary): hu1 li1
- Northern Min (KCR): ǔ-lǐ
- Eastern Min (BUC): hù-lì
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6wu-li
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): fu2 li3
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄌㄧ
- Tongyong Pinyin: húli̊
- Wade–Giles: hu2-li5
- Yale: hú-li
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwu.li
- Palladius: хули (xuli)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xu³⁵ li³/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ ㄌㄧˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: húlí
- Wade–Giles: hu2-li2
- Yale: hú-lí
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwuli
- Palladius: хули (xuli)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xu³⁵ li³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: fu2 ni3
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: fu li
- Sinological IPA (key): /fu²¹ ni⁵³/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: wu4 lei4-2 / wu4 lei4
- Yale: wùh léi / wùh lèih
- Cantonese Pinyin: wu4 lei4-2 / wu4 lei4
- Guangdong Romanization: wu4 léi4-2 / wu4 léi4
- Sinological IPA (key): /wuː²¹ lei̯²¹⁻³⁵/, /wuː²¹ lei̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Note: wu4 lei4 - literary.
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: vu3 lei4* / vu3 lei4
- Sinological IPA (key): /vu²² lei²¹⁻²¹⁵/, /vu²² lei²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: fu4 li
- Sinological IPA (key): /fu³⁵ li²/
- (Nanchang)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fù-lì
- Hakka Romanization System: fuˇ liˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: fu2 li2
- Sinological IPA: /fu¹¹ li¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: fu li
- Sinological IPA: /fu⁵⁵ li⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: hu1 li1
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /xu¹¹ li¹¹/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ǔ-lǐ
- Sinological IPA (key): /u²¹ li²¹/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: hù-lì
- Sinological IPA (key): /hu⁵³⁻³³ l̃i⁵³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
Note:
- hou5 lai5 - vernacular;
- hu5 li5 - literary.
- Middle Chinese: hu li
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*ʷˤa p.rə/
- (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷaː rɯ/
Noun
狐狸
- fox (Classifier: 隻／只 m c mn)
- (figurative) sly person; treacherous person (Classifier: 個／个 m; 隻／只 c mn)
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 狐 | 狸 |
| こ Hyōgai |
り Hyōgai |
| on'yomi | |
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 狐狸 (MC hu li).
Pronunciation
Noun
- foxes and tanukis
- (figurative) sly or treacherous person
Derived terms
- 豺狼路に当たれり，安んぞ狐狸を問わん (sairō michi ni atareri, izukunzo kori o towan)
References
Korean
| Hanja in this term | |
|---|---|
| 狐 | 狸 |
Noun
Vietnamese
| chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
|---|---|
| 狐 | 狸 |
Noun
狐狸