狐狸

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See also: 狐貍

Chinese[edit]

fox raccoon dog; leopard cat
trad. (狐狸/狐貍) /
simp. (狐狸)
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Pronunciation[edit]


Note: wu4 lei4 - literary.
Note:
  • hou5 lai5 - vernacular;
  • hu5 li5 - literary.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (33) (37)
Final () (23) (19)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter hu li
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
wu4 lei4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 4358 7822
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡʷaː/ /*rɯ/
Notes
狐狸

Noun[edit]

狐狸

  1. fox (Classifier: m c mn)
  2. (figurative) sly person; treacherous person (Classifier: m;  c mn)

Synonyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

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

Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term

Hyōgaiji

Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Chinese 狐狸 (MC hu li).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

()() (kori

  1. foxes and tanukis
  2. (figurative) sly or treacherous person

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean[edit]

Hanja in this term

Noun[edit]

狐狸 (hori) (hangeul 호리)

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

Vietnamese[edit]

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun[edit]

狐狸

  1. chữ Hán form of hồ li.