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獼猴

獼猴

See also: 猕猴

Chinese

		macaque	monkey
trad. (獼猴)		獼	猴
simp. (猕猴)		猕	猴

Noun

獼猴

rhesus macaque (common species of monkey throughout southern Asia) (Classifier: 隻／只)

Derived terms

獼猴桃／猕猴桃 (míhóutáo)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): míhóu

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˊ ㄏㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁴ hau⁴, nei⁴ hau⁴
Min Nan (POJ): mî-kâu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: míhóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˊ ㄏㄡˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mihour
  - IPA ^(key): /mi³⁵ xoʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: míhóur
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˊ ㄏㄡˊㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mihoulr
  - IPA ^(key): /mi³⁵ xɤʊɻʷ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁴ hau⁴, nei⁴ hau⁴
  - Yale: mèih hàuh, nèih hàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁴ hau⁴, nei⁴ hau⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /mei̯²¹ hɐu̯²¹/, /nei̯²¹ hɐu̯²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mî-kâu
  - Tâi-lô: mî-kâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mi'kaau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /mi²⁴⁻²² kaʊ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /mi²⁴⁻²² kaʊ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /mi¹³⁻²² kaʊ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /mi²⁴⁻¹¹ kaʊ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /mi²³⁻³³ kaʊ²³/