怪獸

See also: 怪獣 and 怪兽

Chinese

		queer; to blame	beast; quadruped
trad. (怪獸)		怪	獸
simp. (怪兽)		怪	兽

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guàishòu

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄞˋ ㄕㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaai³ sau³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koài-siù

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guàishòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄞˋ ㄕㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guàishòu
  - Wade–Giles: kuai⁴-shou⁴
  - Yale: gwài-shòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guayshow
  - Palladius: гуайшоу (guajšou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwaai³ sau³
  - Yale: gwaai sau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwaai³ sau³
  - Guangdong Romanization: guai³ seo³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaːi̯³³ sɐu̯³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koài-siù
  - Tâi-lô: kuài-siù
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koaesiux
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kuai²¹⁻⁵³ siu²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kuai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siu⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuai²¹⁻⁵³ siu²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kuai¹¹⁻⁵³ siu¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuai²¹⁻⁴¹ siu²¹/

Noun

怪獸

rare or legendary animal or monster

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (怪獸):

→ Japanese: 怪獣(かいじゅう) (kaijū)
→ Korean: 괴수(怪獸) (goesu)
→ Vietnamese: quái thú (怪獸)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
怪	獸
かい Grade: S	じゅう Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 怪獸 – see the following entry.

【怪獣かいじゅう】

[noun] monster

(This term, 怪獸, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
怪	獸

Noun

怪獸 • (goesu) (hangeul 괴수)

hanja form^? of 괴수 (“monster, look like a fierce animal”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
怪	獸

Noun

怪獸

chữ Hán form of quái thú (“monster; kaiju”)