狐狸

See also: 狐貍

Chinese
fox (dog); wild cat
trad. (狐狸) 狐 狸
simp. #(狐狸) 狐 狸

Pronunciation

Note: wu4 lei4 - literary.
Note:
  • hou5 lai5 - vernacular;
  • hu5 li5 - literary.
Rime
Character 狐 狸
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 匣 (33) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 模 (23) 之 (19)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I III
Fanqie 戸吳切 里之切
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		 hú lí
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 wu4 lei4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 狐 狸
Reading # 1/1 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 hú lí
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 狐 狸
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 4358 7822
Phonetic
component		 瓜 里
Rime
group		 魚 之
Rime
subdivision		 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 胡 釐
Old
Chinese		 /*ɡʷaː/ /*rɯ/
Notes 俗貍字
狐狸

Noun

狐狸

  1. fox (Classifier: 隻／只)
  2. (figurative) sly person; treacherous person (Classifier: 個／个)

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 狐狸 (“fox”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 狐
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 狐狸, 狐
Taxonomic name 狐
Mandarin Beijing 狐狸
Taiwan 狐狸
Ulanhot 狐狸
Tongliao 狐狸
Chifeng 狐狸
Bayanhot 狐狸
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 狐狸
Harbin 狐狸
Yantai (Muping) 貔子, 狐狸
Jinan 貔子, 貔大狐子, 貔狐子, 狐狸
Luoyang 狐狸
Wanrong 狐子
Zhengzhou 狐狸
Xi'an 狐狸, 狐子
Yinchuan 狐子
Lanzhou 野狐
Xining 野狐兒, 狐狸, 沙狐
Ürümqi 狐狸
Wuhan 狐狸
Chengdu 狐狸, 毛狗
Guiyang 狐狸, 毛狗
Guilin 狐狸
Liuzhou 狐狸
Xuzhou 狐狸子, 狐狸
Yangzhou 狐狸, 狸
Nanjing 狐狸, 大仙 superstitious
Hefei 狐狸
Singapore 狐狸
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 狐子
Cantonese Guangzhou 狐狸
Hong Kong 狐狸
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 狐狸
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 狐狸
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 狐狸
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 狐狸
Macau 狐狸
Guangzhou (Panyu) 狐狸
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 狐狸
Guangzhou (Conghua) 狐狸
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 狐狸
Foshan 狐狸
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 狐狸
Foshan (Shunde) 狐狸
Foshan (Sanshui) 狐狸
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 狐狸
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 狐狸
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 狐狸
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 狐狸
Zhuhai (Doumen) 狐狸
Jiangmen (Baisha) 狐狸
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 狐狸
Taishan 狐狸
Kaiping (Chikan) 蜢狗
Enping (Niujiang) 狐狸
Heshan (Yayao) 狐狸
Dongguan 狐狸
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 狐狸
Shaoguan 狐狸
Yunfu 狐狸
Yangjiang 狐狸
Xinyi 狐狸
Lianjiang 狐狸
Nanning 狐狸
Wuzhou 狐狸
Yulin 狐狸
Hepu (Lianzhou) 狐狸
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 狐狸
Singapore (Guangfu) 狐狸
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 狐狸
Gan Nanchang 狐狸
Lichuan 狐兒
Pingxiang 狐狸
Hakka Meixian 狐狸
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 狐狸
Dongguan (Qingxi) 狐狸
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 狐狸
Zengcheng (Zhengguo) 狐狸, 禾狸
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 狐狸
Wuhua (Huacheng) 鋪狗
Conghua (Lütian) 狐狸
Yudu 狐狸子, 狐狸
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 狐狸
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 狐狸, 狐狸仔
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 狐狸
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 狐狸
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 狐狸
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 狐狸
Hong Kong 狐狸
Luchuan (Daqiao) 狐狸
Senai (Huiyang) 狐狸
Singkawang 狐狸
Huizhou Jixi 狐狸
Jin Taiyuan 狐子, 狐狸
Pingyao 狐子
Xinzhou 狐子
Taibus (Baochang) 狐狸
Linhe 狐子
Jining 狐子
Hohhot 狐子
Baotou 狐子
Dongsheng 狐子
Haibowan 狐子
Min Bei Jian'ou 狐狸
Min Dong Fuzhou 狐狸, 狐狸貓
Fuqing 野貓
Min Nan Xiamen 狐狸, 狸貓
Quanzhou 狐狸, 狸貓
Zhangzhou 狐狸, 狸貓
Dongshan 狐狸
Taipei 狐狸
Kaohsiung 狐狸
Yilan 狐狸
Changhua (Lukang) 狐狸
Taichung 狐狸
Taichung (Wuqi) 狐狸
Tainan 狐狸
Taitung 狐狸
Hsinchu 狐狸
Penghu (Magong) 狐狸
Penang (Hokkien) 狐狸
Singapore (Hokkien) 狐狸
Zhangping (Yongfu) 狸貓
Datian 狐狸嫲
Pingnan (Shangdu) 狐狸
Chaozhou 狐狸
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 狐狸
Haikou 狐狸
Puxian Min Putian 狐狸
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 狐狸
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 狐狸
Wu Shanghai 狐狸
Shanghai (Chongming) 狐狸
Suzhou 狐狸
Danyang 狐狸
Hangzhou 狐狸, 大仙 superstitious
Ningbo 狐狸
Wenzhou 狐狸
Jinhua 狐狸
Xiang Changsha 狐狸, 九尾子
Shuangfeng 狐狸
Quanzhou 狐狸精, 狐狸

Derived terms
  • 老狐狸
  • 野狐狸
  • 露出了狐狸尾巴
  • 簡落狐狸／简落狐狸
  • 虎狼當路，不治狐狸／虎狼当路，不治狐狸

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

Japanese
Kanji in this term
狐 狸
こ
Hyōgaiji		 り
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 狐狸 (ɦuo lɨ).

Pronunciation

Noun

狐(こ)狸(り) • (kori) 

  1. foxes and tanukis
  2. sly or treacherous person

Derived terms
  • 豺狼路(さいろうみち)に当(あ)たれり，安(いずく)んぞ狐狸(こり)を問(と)わん (sairō michi ni atareri, izukunzo kori o towan)

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
狐狸

Noun

狐狸 • (hori) (hangeul 호리)

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

Vietnamese
Hán tự in this term
狐狸

Noun

狐狸

  1. chữ Hán form of hồ li.
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