狐狸

See also: 狐貍

Chinese
fox (dog); wild cat
simp. and trad.
(狐狸)		 狐 狸

Pronunciation
Note: wu4 lei4 - literary.
Note:
  • hou5 lai5 - vernacular;
  • hu5 li5 - literary.
  • Wu
    • (Shanghainese)
      • Wiktionary: hhu li (T3)
      • Sinological IPA (key): /ɦv̩ʷ²² li⁴⁴/
  • Xiang
    • (Changsha)
      • Wiktionary: fu2 li3
      • Sinological IPA (key): /ɸu¹³ li⁴¹/
Rime
Character 狐 狸
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 匣 (33) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 模 (23) 之 (19)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I III
Fanqie 戸吳切 里之切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɦuo/ /lɨ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɦuo/ /lɨ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɣo/ /lie/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɦɔ/ /lɨ/
Li
Rong		 /ɣo/ /liə/
Wang
Li		 /ɣu/ /lĭə/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ɣuo/ /li/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 hú lí
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 狐 狸 狸
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 hú lí lí
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ hu › ‹ li › ‹ li ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[ɡ]ʷˁa/ /*[r]ə/ /*p.rə/
English fox 𧳏狸 *pə.[r]ə kind of wild cat (Jiāngnán pron. ap. Guō Pú, ca. 300 CE) kind of wild cat (pron. west of the Hángǔ pass, ap. Fāngyán)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 狐 狸
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 4358 7822
Phonetic
component		 瓜 里
Rime
group		 魚 之
Rime
subdivision		 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 胡 釐
Old
Chinese		 /*ɡʷaː/ /*rɯ/
Notes 俗貍字

Noun

狐狸

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

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 狐狸 (“fox”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 狐
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 狐狸, 狐
Taxonomic name 狐
Mandarin Beijing 狐狸
Taiwan 狐狸
Harbin 狐狸
Hailar 狐狸
Ulanhot 狐狸
Tongliao 狐狸
Chifeng 狐狸
Bayanhot 狐狸
Jinan 貔子, 貔大狐子, 貔狐子, 狐狸
Muping 貔子, 狐狸
Luoyang 狐狸
Wanrong 狐子
Xi'an 狐狸, 狐子
Zhengzhou 狐狸
Xining 野狐兒, 狐狸, 沙狐
Xuzhou 狐狸子, 狐狸
Yinchuan 狐子
Lanzhou 野狐
Ürümqi 狐狸
Wuhan 狐狸
Chengdu 狐狸, 毛狗
Guiyang 狐狸, 毛狗
Guilin 狐狸
Liuzhou 狐狸
Yangzhou 狐狸, 狸
Nanjing 狐狸, 大仙 superstitious
Hefei 狐狸
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 狐子
Cantonese Guangzhou 狐狸
Hong Kong 狐狸
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 狐狸
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 狐狸
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 狐狸
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 狐狸
Macau 狐狸
Panyu 狐狸
Huadu (Huashan) 狐狸
Conghua 狐狸
Zengcheng 狐狸
Foshan 狐狸
Nanhai (Shatou) 狐狸
Shunde 狐狸
Sanshui 狐狸
Gaoming (Mingcheng) 狐狸
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 狐狸
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 狐狸
Doumen (Shangheng Tanka) 狐狸
Doumen 狐狸
Jiangmen (Baisha) 狐狸
Xinhui 狐狸
Taishan 狐狸
Kaiping (Chikan) 蜢狗
Enping (Niujiang) 狐狸
Heshan (Yayao) 狐狸
Dongguan 狐狸
Bao'an (Shajing) 狐狸
Shaoguan 狐狸
Yunfu 狐狸
Yangjiang 狐狸
Xinyi 狐狸
Lianjiang 狐狸
Nanning 狐狸
Wuzhou 狐狸
Yulin 狐狸
Hepu 狐狸
Kuala Lumpur 狐狸
Ho Chi Minh City 狐狸
Gan Nanchang 狐狸
Lichuan 狐兒
Pingxiang 狐狸
Hakka Meixian 狐狸
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 狐狸
Dongguan (Qingxi) 狐狸
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 狐狸
Zengcheng (Zhengguo) 狐狸, 禾狸
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 狐狸
Conghua (Lütian) 狐狸
Luchuan (Daqiao) 狐狸
Yudu 狐狸子, 狐狸
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 狐狸
Liudui (S. Sixian) 狐狸, 狐狸仔
Hsinchu (Hailu) 狐狸
Dongshi (Dabu) 狐狸
Hsinchu (Raoping) 狐狸
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 狐狸
Hong Kong 狐狸
Senai 狐狸
Singkawang 狐狸
Huizhou Jixi 狐狸
Jin Taiyuan 狐子, 狐狸
Pingyao 狐子
Xinzhou 狐子
Baochang 狐狸
Jining 狐子
Hohhot 狐子
Baotou 狐子
Dongsheng 狐子
Linhe 狐子
Haibowan 狐子
Min Bei Jian'ou 狐狸
Min Dong Fuzhou 狐狸
Fuqing 野貓
Min Nan Xiamen 狐狸, 狸貓
Quanzhou 狐狸, 狸貓
Zhangzhou 狐狸, 狸貓
Dongshan 狐狸
Taipei 狐狸
Kaohsiung 狐狸
Tainan 狐狸
Taichung 狐狸
Wuqi 狐狸
Hsinchu 狐狸
Taitung 狐狸
Lukang 狐狸
Yilan 狐狸
Magong 狐狸
Penang 狐狸
Singapore 狐狸
Zhangping (Yongfu) 狸貓
Datian 狐狸嫲
Pingnan 狐狸
Chaozhou 狐狸
Johor Bahru 狐狸
Haikou 狐狸
Puxian Min Putian 狐狸
Pinghua Nanning 狐狸
Guilin 狐狸
Wu Shanghai 狐狸
Suzhou 狐狸
Hangzhou 狐狸, 大仙 superstitious
Wenzhou 狐狸
Chongming 狐狸
Danyang 狐狸
Jinhua 狐狸
Ningbo 狐狸
Xiang Changsha 狐狸
Shuangfeng 狐狸
Quanzhou 狐狸精, 狐狸

Derived terms
  • 簡落狐狸／简落狐狸
  • 老狐狸
  • 虎狼當路，不治狐狸／虎狼当路，不治狐狸
  • 野狐狸
  • 露出了狐狸尾巴

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (狐狸):

Japanese
Kanji in this term
狐 狸
こ
Hyōgaiji		 り
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 狐狸 (ɦuo lɨ).

Pronunciation

Noun

狐狸 (hiragana こり, rōmaji 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

Vietnamese
Hán tự in this term
狐狸

Noun

狐狸

  1. Hán tự form of hồ li.
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