狒狒

Chinese

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

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Etymology

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Particularly: “When and where was it first assigned the meaning "baboon"? Influenced by which foreign language if any? English baboon? French babouin?”

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fèifèi

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄟˋ ㄈㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fat¹ fat¹ / fei⁶ fei⁶ / fai⁶ fai⁶ / fai³ fai³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hūi-hūi

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–Hong Kong)⁺
  - 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/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hūi-hūi
  - Tâi-lô: huī-huī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: huixhui
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hui²²⁻²¹ hui²²/

Middle Chinese: bj+jH bj+jH

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
Baxter	bj+jH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bʉi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/bʷɨi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/biuəi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/buj^H/
Li Rong	/biuəi^H/
Wang Li	/bĭwəi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱwe̯i^H/
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

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

Compounds

狒狒草 (fèifèicǎo)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
狒	狒
ひ Hyōgai	ひ Hyōgai
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 狒狒 – see the following entry.

【狒々ひひ】

[noun] (Japanese mythology, folklore) a hihi (Japanese monkey-like yokai)

[noun] a baboon, primate of the genus Papio

Alternative spellings
比々, 比比, ヒヒ

(This term, 狒狒, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)