Chinese

Noun

狐狸

1. fox   (Classifier: 隻／只)
2. sly or treacherous person   (Classifier: 個／个)

Japanese

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 狐狸 ‎(ɦuo lɨ).

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) こ​り [kóꜜrì] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ɾi]

Noun

狐狸 ‎(hiragana こり, romaji kori)

1. foxes and tanukis
2. sly or treacherous person

Derived terms

• 豺狼路 (さいろうみち)に当 (あ)たれり，安 (いずく)んぞ狐狸 (こり)を問 (と)わん ‎(sairō michi ni atareri, izukunzo kori o towan)

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9

Vietnamese

Noun

狐狸

1. Hán tự form of hồ li