猢猻

See also: 猢狲

Chinese

trad. (猢猻)
simp. (猢狲)
alternative forms 胡孫胡孙

Etymology

From 胡孫胡孙 (húsūn, “descendants of Hu barbarians”), because macaque faces were said to resemble those of people from the Hu regions.(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (33) (16)
Final () (23) (55)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () I I
Fanqie
Baxter hu swon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦuo/ /suən/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦuo/ /suon/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣo/ /suən/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦɔ/ /swən/
Li
Rong
/ɣo/ /suən/
Wang
Li
/ɣu/ /suən/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ɣuo/ /suən/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
sūn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
wu4 syun1

Noun

猢猻

  1. monkey; macaque

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • 叫花子沒有猢猻 / 叫花子没有猢狲
  • 小猢猻 / 小猢狲
  • 樹倒猢猻散 / 树倒猢狲散 (shù dǎo húsūn sàn)
  • 猢猻入布袋 / 猢狲入布袋
  • 猢猻大王 / 猢狲大王
  • 猢猻散 / 猢狲散
  • 猢猻王 / 猢狲王