沐猴

Chinese

		phonetic	monkey
trad. (沐猴)		沐	猴
simp. ^#(沐猴)		沐	猴

Etymology

The ancient Chu dialect word for "macaque". The first syllable in 沐猴 (OC *moːɡ ɡoː) and 母猴 (OC *mɯʔ ɡoː, “macaque”) (found in pre-Qin texts) may be an old pre-initial (Schuessler, 2007).

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mùhóu

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˋ ㄏㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): muk⁶ hau⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mùhóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ ㄏㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mùhóu
  - Wade–Giles: mu⁴-hou²
  - Yale: mù-hóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muhhour
  - Palladius: мухоу (muxou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu⁵¹ xoʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mùhóur
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ ㄏㄡˊㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mùhóur
  - Wade–Giles: mu⁴-hou²-ʼrh
  - Yale: mù-hóur
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muhhourl
  - Palladius: мухоур (muxour)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu⁵¹ xɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: muk⁶ hau⁴
  - Yale: muhk hàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: muk⁹ hau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: mug⁶ heo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mʊk̚² hɐu̯²¹/

Middle Chinese: muwk huw

Rime
Character	沐	猴
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	屋 (3)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	莫卜切	戸鉤切
Baxter	muwk	huw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/muk̚/	/ɦəu/
Pan Wuyun	/muk̚/	/ɦəu/
Shao Rongfen	/muk̚/	/ɣəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/məwk̚/	/ɦəw/
Li Rong	/muk̚/	/ɣu/
Wang Li	/muk̚/	/ɣəu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/muk̚/	/ɣə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mù	hóu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	muk⁶	hau⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*moːɡ ɡoː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	猴
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	hóu
Middle Chinese	‹ huw ›
Old Chinese	/*mə-ɡˁ(r)o/
English	monkey
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	沐	猴
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	9328	5141
Phonetic component	木	侯
Rime group	屋	侯
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	木
Old Chinese	/*moːɡ/	/*ɡoː/

Noun

沐猴

(literary) macaque

Synonyms

猱 (náo)
獼猴／猕猴 (míhóu)
猢猻／猢狲 (húsūn)

Derived terms

沐猴冠冕 (mùhóuguànmiǎn)
沐猴而冠 (mùhóu'érguàn)
沐猴衣冠
衣冠沐猴

Japanese

Kanji in this term
沐	猴
もく > もっ Hyōgai	こう Hyōgai
on'yomi

Noun

沐(もっ)猴(こう) • (mokkō)

monkey

Proverbs

沐猴(もっこう)にして冠(かん)す (mokkō ni shite kansu)