猴猴

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (猴猴)		猴	猴
simp. ^#(猴猴)		猴	猴

Etymology 1

From Austronesian.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Hóuhóu

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˊ ㄏㄡˊ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Kâu-kâu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Hóuhóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˊ ㄏㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Hóuhóu
  - Wade–Giles: Hou²-hou²
  - Yale: Hóu-hóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Hourhour
  - Palladius: Хоухоу (Xouxou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯³⁵ xoʊ̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kâu-kâu
  - Tâi-lô: Kâu-kâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kau'kaau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kau²⁴⁻²² kau²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kau²⁴⁻²² kau²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kau¹³⁻²² kau¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kau²⁴⁻¹¹ kau²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kau²³⁻³³ kau²³/

Proper noun

猴猴

(～族) Qauqaut (Taiwanese indigenous people)
(～庄) (historical) Kaukau (a village in Taiwan)

Derived terms

猴猴人
猴猴族
猴猴語 / 猴猴语

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gao² gao²

Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: gao² gao²
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: gáu-gáu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kau¹³ kau¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: gao² gao² [Phonetic: gao¹ gao²]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kau²⁴⁻⁵⁵ kau²⁴/

Adjective

猴猴

skinny, gaunt (of one's face); to be thin as a monkey

Derived terms

面猴猴
黏猴猴

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), “猴猴”, 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 197.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
猴	猴
カウ Hyōgai	カウ Hyōgai
irregular

Etymology

From Hokkien 猴猴 (Kâu-kâu).

Proper noun

猴(カウ)猴(カウ) • (Kaukau)

(historical) Kaukau (a village in Taiwan)