狒狒

狒狒

Chinese

		hamadryad baboon	hamadryad baboon
simp. and trad. (狒狒)		狒	狒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fèifèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟˋ ㄈㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fat¹ fat¹, fei⁶ fei⁶, fai⁶ fai⁶, fai³ fai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fèifèi → fèifei (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄟˋ ㄈㄟˋ → ㄈㄟˋ ˙ㄈㄟ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fèife̊i
    • Wade–Giles: fei⁴-fei⁵
    • Yale: fèi-fei
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fey.fey
    • Palladius: фэйфэй (fɛjfɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ feɪ̯⁵¹/ → /feɪ̯⁵¹ feɪ̯¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: fat¹ fat¹, fei⁶ fei⁶, fai⁶ fai⁶, fai³ fai³
    • Yale: fāt fāt, feih feih, faih faih, fai fai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fat⁷ fat⁷, fei⁶ fei⁶, fai⁶ fai⁶, fai³ fai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: fed¹ fed¹, féi⁶ féi⁶, fei⁶ fei⁶, fei³ fei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐt̚⁵ fɐt̚⁵/, /fei̯²² fei̯²²/, /fɐi̯²² fɐi̯²²/, /fɐi̯³³ fɐi̯³³/

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• Middle Chinese: /bʉi^H  bʉi^H/

Rime
Character	狒
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	扶沸切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bʉiH/
Pan Wuyun	/bʷɨiH/
Shao Rongfen	/biuəiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bujH/
Li Rong	/biuəiH/
Wang Li	/bĭwəiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱwe̯iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fèi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fei6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*buds  buds/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	狒
Reading #	1/1
No.	3308
Phonetic component	弗
Rime group	隊
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	𥝋
Old Chinese	/*buds/
Notes	見爾雅，沸原誤涕，依內府本及王韻校改

Noun

狒狒

1. baboon
2. (archaic, Chinese mythology) name of a monster mentioned in the Erya (爾雅)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
狒	狒
ひ Hyōgaiji	ひ Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Noun

狒(ひ)狒(ひ) • (hihi) 

1. Alternative spelling of 狒々 (Japanese monkey-like yokai)
2. Alternative spelling of 狒々 (“baboon”)