猢猻

See also: 猢狲

Chinese

trad. (猢猻) 猢 猻
simp. (猢狲) 猢 狲
alternative forms 胡孫/胡孙

Etymology

From 胡孫/胡孙 (húsūn, “descendants of Hu barbarians”), because macaque faces were said to resemble those of people from the Hu regions.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 猢 猻
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 匣 (33) 心 (16)
Final (韻) 模 (23) 魂 (55)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 戸吳切 思渾切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦuo/ /suən/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦuo/ /suon/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣo/ /suən/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦɔ/ /swən/
Li
Rong
/ɣo/ /suən/
Wang
Li
/ɣu/ /suən/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɣuo/ /suən/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
hú sūn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
wu4 syun1

Noun

猢猻

  1. monkey; macaque

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • 叫花子沒有猢猻/叫花子没有猢狲
  • 小猢猻/小猢狲
  • 樹倒猢猻散/树倒猢狲散 (shù dǎo húsūn sàn)
  • 猢猻入布袋/猢狲入布袋
  • 猢猻大王/猢狲大王
  • 猢猻散/猢狲散
  • 猢猻王/猢狲王
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