大耳狐

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	ear	fox
trad. (大耳狐)		大	耳	狐
simp. #(大耳狐)		大	耳	狐

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dà'ěrhú

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄦˇ ㄏㄨˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dà'ěrhú
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄦˇ ㄏㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dà-ěrhú
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-êrh³-hu²
    • Yale: dà-ěr-hú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daheelhwu
    • Palladius: даэрху (daerxu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu³⁵/

Noun

大耳狐

1. bat-eared fox (Otocyon megalotis)

Synonyms

• 蝠耳狐 (fú'ěrhú)
• 好望狐 (Hǎowànghú)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	耳	狐
おお Grade: 1	みみ Grade: 1	きつね > ぎつね Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Etymology

From 大(おお) (ō-, “large”) + 耳(みみ) (mimi, “ear”) + 狐(きつね) (kitsune, “fox”). The kitsune changes to gitsune as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Noun

大(おお)耳(みみ)狐(ぎつね) or 大耳狐(オオミミギツネ) • (ōmimigitsune) 

1. bat-eared fox (Otocyon megalotis)

Usage notes

• As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as オオミミギツネ.