猴急
Chinese
| monkey | hurried; worried | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (猴急) | 猴 | 急 | |
| simp. #(猴急) | 猴 | 急 | |
| alternative forms | 喉急 | ||
| Literally: “eager as a monkey”. | |||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): hau4 gap1
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gao2 gih6
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: hóují
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˊ ㄐㄧˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: hóují
- Wade–Giles: hou2-chi2
- Yale: hóu-jí
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hourjyi
- Palladius: хоуцзи (xouczi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xoʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: hóurjí
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˊㄦ ㄐㄧˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: hóurjí
- Wade–Giles: hou2-ʼrh-chi2
- Yale: hóur-jí
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hourljyi
- Palladius: хоурцзи (xourczi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: hau4 gap1
- Yale: hàuh gāp
- Cantonese Pinyin: hau4 gap7
- Guangdong Romanization: heo4 geb1
- Sinological IPA (key): /hɐu̯²¹ kɐp̚⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: gao2 gih6 [Phonetic: gao4 gih6]
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: gáu-gih
- Sinological IPA (key): /kau¹³⁻⁴² kiʔ²¹/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: gao2 gih6 [Phonetic: gao4 gih6]
- Sinological IPA (key): /kau²⁴⁻⁴² kiʔ²/
- (Putian)
Adjective
猴急
- overeager; impatient; (too) keen; quick-tempered
- 別猴急。／别猴急。 ― Bié hóují. ― Hold your horses.
References
- 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “猴急”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 198.