狐狸

See also: 狐貍

Chinese

		fox	raccoon dog; leopard cat
trad. (狐狸/狐貍)		狐	狸/貍
simp. (狐狸)		狐	狸

Wikipedia has articles on:

狐狸 (Cantonese)
fù-lì (Hakka)
hù-lì (Eastern Min)
hô͘-lî (Southern Min)
狐狸 (Wu)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): húli, húlí

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄌㄧ, ㄏㄨˊ ㄌㄧˊ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): fu² ni³
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): wu⁴ lei^4-2 / wu⁴ lei⁴

(Taishan, Wiktionary): vu³ lei^4* / vu³ lei⁴
Gan (Wiktionary): fu⁴ li
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): fù-lì

(Meixian, Guangdong): fu² li²
Jin (Wiktionary): hu¹ li¹
Northern Min (KCR): ǔ-lǐ
Eastern Min (BUC): hù-lì
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hô͘-lî

(Teochew, Peng'im): hou⁵ lai⁵ / hu⁵ li⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶wu-li
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): fu² li³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: húli
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄌㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: húli̊
  - Wade–Giles: hu²-li⁵
  - Yale: hú-li
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwu.li
  - Palladius: хули (xuli)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu³⁵ li³/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: húlí
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ ㄌㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: húlí
  - Wade–Giles: hu²-li²
  - Yale: hú-lí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwuli
  - Palladius: хули (xuli)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu³⁵ li³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: fu² ni³
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: fu li
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu²¹ ni⁵³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wu⁴ lei^4-2 / wu⁴ lei⁴
  - Yale: wùh léi / wùh lèih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wu⁴ lei^4-2 / wu⁴ lei⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: wu⁴ léi^4-2 / wu⁴ léi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː²¹ lei̯²¹⁻³⁵/, /wuː²¹ lei̯²¹/

Note: wu4 lei4 - literary.

- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: vu³ lei^4* / vu³ lei⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /vu²² lei²¹⁻²¹⁵/, /vu²² lei²¹/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: fu⁴ li
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵ li²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fù-lì
  - Hakka Romanization System: fuˇ liˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fu² li²
  - Sinological IPA: /fu¹¹ li¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: fu² li²
  - Sinological IPA: /fu¹¹ li¹¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: hu¹ li¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /xu¹¹ li¹¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ǔ-lǐ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹ li²¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: hù-lì
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hu⁵³⁻³³ l̃i⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô͘-lî
  - Tâi-lô: hôo-lî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: holii
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hɔ²⁴⁻²² li²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔ²⁴⁻²² li²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔ¹³⁻²² li¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ li²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ²³⁻³³ li²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: hou⁵ lai⁵ / hu⁵ li⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hôu lâi / hû lî
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou⁵⁵⁻¹¹ lai⁵⁵/, /hu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ li⁵⁵/

Note:

hou5 lai5 - vernacular;
hu5 li5 - literary.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶wu-li
  - MiniDict: wu^去 li
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhu-li
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦu²² li⁴⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: fu² li³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɸu¹³ li⁴¹/

Middle Chinese: hu li

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
Baxter	hu	li
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
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wu⁴	lei⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]ʷˤa p.rə/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷaː rɯ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	狐	狸
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	hú	lí
Middle Chinese	‹ hu ›	‹ li ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ]ʷˁa/	/*p.rə/
English	fox	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

fox (Classifier: 隻／只 m c mn)
(figurative) sly person; treacherous person (Classifier: 個／个 m; 隻／只 c mn)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 狐狸 (“fox”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		狐
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		狐狸, 狐
Taxonomic name		狐
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	狐狸
	Taiwan	狐狸
	Chengde	狐狸
	Ulanhot	狐狸
	Tongliao	狐狸
	Chifeng	狐狸
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	狐狸
	Heihe	狐狸
	Qiqihar	狐狸
	Harbin	狐狸
	Jiamusi	狐狸
	Baicheng	狐狸
	Changchun	狐狸
	Tonghua	狐狸
	Shenyang	狐狸
	Jinzhou	狐狸
	Singapore	狐狸
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	狐狸
	Tangshan	狐狸
	Cangzhou	狐狸
	Baoding	狐狸
	Shijiazhuang	狐子
	Lijin	狐狸, 貔子
	Jinan	貔子, 貔大狐子, 貔狐子, 狐狸
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	狐狸
	Dandong	狐狸
	Yantai	狐狸, 貔虎子
	Yantai (Muping)	貔子, 狐狸
	Qingdao	臊貔子
	Zhucheng	狐狸
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	狐狸
	Lingbao	狐子
	Jining	狐狸
	Wanrong	狐子
	Linfen	狐子
	Shangqiu	狐狸
	Yuanyang	狐狸, 狐
	Zhengzhou	狐狸
	Xinyang	毛狗
	Baihe	狐狸, 野狗子
	Xi'an	狐狸, 狐子
	Baoji	狐子
	Tianshui	狐狸
	Xining	野狐兒, 狐狸, 沙狐
	Xuzhou	狐狸子, 狐狸
	Fuyang	狐狸
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	狐子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	狐狸, 狐子, 野狐子
	Bayanhot	狐狸
	Lanzhou	狐狸, 野狐子, 野狐
	Dunhuang	狐子, 野狐子
	Hami	狐子
	Ürümqi	狐狸, 黑鷹
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	狐狸, 毛狗
	Nanchong	狐狸
	Dazhou	毛狗
	Hanyuan	狐狸, 毛狗
	Xichang	狐狸
	Zigong	狐狸
	Chongqing	狐狸
	Wuhan	狐狸
	Yichang	狐狸
	Xiangyang	狐狸
	Tianmen	狐狸
	Guiyang	狐狸, 毛狗
	Zunyi	狐狸
	Bijie	毛狗
	Liping	狐狸
	Zhaotong	狐狸
	Dali	狐狸
	Kunming	狐狸
	Mengzi	狐狸
	Guilin	狐狸
	Liuzhou	狐狸
	Jishou	狐狸, 臭狐鹿
	Changde	狐狸
	Hanzhong	狐狸
	Dagudi (Maliba)	狐狸
	Reshuitang (Longling)	狐狸
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	狐狸
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	狐狸
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	狐狸, 大仙 superstitious
	Yangzhou	狐狸, 狸
	Lianyungang	狐狸
	Lianshui	狐狸, 狐溜子
	Nantong	狐狸
	Anqing	狐狸
	Wuhu	狐狸
	Hefei	狐狸
	Hong'an	狐狸, 毛狗
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
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	狐狸
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	狐狸
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	狐狸
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	狐狸
	Foshan	狐狸
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	狐狸
	Foshan (Shunde)	狐狸
	Foshan (Sanshui)	狐狸
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	狐狸
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	狐狸
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	狐狸
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	狐狸
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	狐狸
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	狐狸
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	狐狸
	Taishan	狐狸
	Kaiping (Chikan)	蜢狗
	Enping (Niujiang)	狐狸
	Heshan (Yayao)	狐狸
	Dongguan	狐狸
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	狐狸
	Qingyuan	狐狸
	Fogang	狐狸
	Yingde (Hanguang)	狐狸
	Yangshan	狐狸
	Lianshan (Butian)	狐狸
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	狐狸
	Shaoguan	狐狸
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	狐狸
	Renhua	狐狸
	Lechang	狐狸
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	狐狸
	Sihui	狐狸
	Guangning	狐狸
	Deqing	狐狸
	Huaiji	狐狸
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	狐狸
	Yunfu	狐狸
	Xinxing	狐狸
	Luoding	狐狸
	Yunan (Pingtai)	狐狸
	Yangjiang	狐狸
	Xinyi	狐狸
	Lianjiang	狐狸
	Nanning	狐狸
	Wuzhou	狐狸
	Yulin	狐狸
	Rongxian	狐狸
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	狐狸
	Hepu (Shatian)	狐狸
	Guiping	狐狸
	Guiping (Mule)	狐狸
	Pingnan	狐狸
	Guigang (Gangcheng)	狐狸
	Guigang (Pingdong)	狐狸
	Beihai	狐狸
	Beihai (Nankang)	狐狸
Beihai (Yingpan)	狐狸
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	狐狸
Singapore (Guangfu)	狐狸
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	狐狸
Bangkok (Guangfu)	狐狸
Betong (Rongxian)	狐狸
Gan	Nanchang	狐狸
	Pengze	狐狸
	Lichuan	狐兒
	Pingxiang	狐狸
Hakka	Meixian	狐狸
	Dabu (Xihe)	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
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	鋪狗
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	狐狸
	Jiexi	狐狸
	Luhe	狐狸
	Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding)	狐狸
	Yudu	狐狸子, 狐狸
	Ruijin	狐狸
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	狐狸, 狐狸仔
	Miaoli (Zaoqiao; N. Sixian)	狐狸
	Miaoli (Touwu; N. Sixian)	狐狸
	Miaoli (Nanzhuang; N. Sixian)	狐狸
	Miaoli (Shitan; N. Sixian)	狐狸
	Miaoli (Sanwan; N. Sixian)	狐狸
	Miaoli (Toufen; N. Sixian)	狐狸
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	狐狸
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	狐狸
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	狐狸
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	狐狸
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	狐狸
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	狐狸仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	狐狸
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	狐狸
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	狐狸
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	狐狸
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	狐狸
	Hong Kong	狐狸
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	狐狸
	Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)	狐狸
	Senai (Huiyang)	狐狸
	Singkawang	狐狸
	Bangkok (Jiexi)	狐狸
Huizhou	Jixi	狐狸
Huizhou	Shexian	狐狸
Jin	Taiyuan	狐子, 狐狸
	Taiyuan (Jiancaoping)	狐子
	Taiyuan (Jinyuan)	狐子
	Pingyao	狐子
	Yangyuan	狐子
	Datong	狐子
	Xinzhou	狐子
	Lüliang (Lishi)	狐子
	Changzhi	狐狸, 狐子
	Taibus (Baochang)	狐狸
	Linhe	狐狸, 狐子
	Jining	狐狸, 狐子
	Hohhot	狐狸, 狐子
	Baotou	狐子
	Dongsheng	狐子
	Haibowan	狐子
	Erenhot	狐狸, 狐子
	Pingshan	狐狸
	Zhangjiakou	狐狸
	Handan	狐狸, 狐子
	Linzhou	狐哦
	Suide	狐子
	Shenmu	狐子, 狐狸
Northern Min	Jian'ou	狐狸
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	狐狸, 狐狸貓
Eastern Min	Fuqing	野貓
Southern Min	Xiamen	狐狸, 狸貓
	Quanzhou	狐狸, 狸貓
	Zhangzhou	狐狸, 狸貓
	Zhao'an	狐狸仔
	Dongshan	狐狸
	Taipei	狐狸
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	狐狸
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	狐狸
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	狐狸
	Kaohsiung	狐狸
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	狐狸
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	狐狸
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	狐狸
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	狐狸
	Yilan	狐狸
	Yilan (Luodong)	狐狸
	Yilan (Toucheng)	狐狸
	Changhua (Lukang)	狐狸
	Taichung	狐狸
	Taichung (Wuqi)	狐狸
	Tainan	狐狸
	Tainan (Anping)	狐狸
	Taitung	狐狸
	Hsinchu	狐狸
	Miaoli (Houlong)	狐狸
	Kinmen	狐狸
	Penghu (Magong)	狐狸
	Penghu (Xiyu)	狐狸
	Penang (Hokkien)	狐狸
	Singapore (Hokkien)	狐狸
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	狸貓
	Datian	狐狸嫲
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	狐狸
	Chaozhou	狐狸
	Bangkok (Teochew)	狐狸
	Chiang Mai (Teochew)	狐狸
	Hat Yai (Teochew)	狐狸
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	狐狸
	Haikou	狐狸
Puxian Min	Putian	狐狸
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	狐狸
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	狐狸
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	狐狸
Wu	Shanghai	狐狸
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	狐狸
	Shanghai (Chongming)	狐狸
	Suzhou	狐狸
	Danyang	狐狸
	Hangzhou	狐狸, 大仙 superstitious
	Ningbo	狐狸
	Wenzhou	狐狸
	Jinhua	狐狸
Xiang	Changsha	狐狸, 九尾子
	Shuangfeng	狐狸
	Quanzhou	狐狸精, 狐狸

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (狐狸):

→ Japanese: 狐狸(こり) (kori)
→ Korean: 호리(狐貍) (hori)
→ Vietnamese: hồ li (狐狸)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
狐	狸
こ Hyōgai	り Hyōgai
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 狐狸 (MC hu li).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こり [kóꜜrì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ko̞ɾʲi]

Noun

狐(こ)狸(り) • (kori)

foxes and tanukis
(figurative) 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

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
狐	狸

Noun

狐狸 • (hori) (hangeul 호리)

hanja form^? of 호리 (“foxes and wildcats”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
狐	狸

Noun

狐狸

chữ Hán form of hồ li.

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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