母猴

Chinese

		female; mother	monkey
trad. (母猴)		母	猴
simp. ^#(母猴)		母	猴

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mǔhóu

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˇ ㄏㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁵ hau⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mǔhóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˇ ㄏㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mǔhóu
  - Wade–Giles: mu³-hou²
  - Yale: mǔ-hóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muuhour
  - Palladius: мухоу (muxou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu²¹⁴⁻²¹ xoʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁵ hau⁴
  - Yale: móuh hàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁵ hau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁵ heo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯¹³ hɐu̯²¹/

Noun

母猴

female monkey

Synonyms

(Hakka) 猴嫲

Etymology 2

The first syllable may be an old pre-initial (Schuessler, 2007).

Likely cognate with 沐猴 (OC *moːɡ ɡoː, “macaque”), 獼猴 (OC *mnel ɡoː, “macaque”) and 馬猴／马猴 (mǎhóu, “macaque”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mǔhóu

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˇ ㄏㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁵ hau⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mǔhóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˇ ㄏㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mǔhóu
  - Wade–Giles: mu³-hou²
  - Yale: mǔ-hóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muuhour
  - Palladius: мухоу (muxou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu²¹⁴⁻²¹ xoʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁵ hau⁴
  - Yale: móuh hàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁵ hau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁵ heo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯¹³ hɐu̯²¹/

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*mɯʔ ɡoː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	母	猴
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	9288	5141
Phonetic component	母	侯
Rime group	之	侯
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	母
Old Chinese	/*mɯʔ/	/*ɡoː/

Noun

母猴

(Classical) macaque