玉兔

See also: 玉兎

Chinese

		jade	rabbit
simp. and trad. (玉兔)		玉	兔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yùtù

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ ㄊㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): juk⁶ tou³
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): ghêg⁸ tou³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yùtù
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄊㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yùtù
    • Wade–Giles: yü⁴-tʻu⁴
    • Yale: yù-tù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuhtuh
    • Palladius: юйту (jujtu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: juk⁶ tou³
    • Yale: yuhk tou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁹ tou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yug⁶ tou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚² tʰou̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ghêg⁸ tou³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ge̍k thòu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɡek̚⁴⁻² tʰou²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: ngjowk thuH

Rime
Character	玉	兔
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	燭 (8)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	魚欲切	湯故切
Baxter	ngjowk	thuH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɨok̚/	/tʰuoH/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋiok̚/	/tʰuoH/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiok̚/	/tʰoH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋuawk̚/	/tʰɔH/
Li Rong	/ŋiok̚/	/tʰoH/
Wang Li	/ŋĭwok̚/	/tʰuH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋi̯wok̚/	/tʰuoH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yù	tù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	juk6	tou3

Noun

玉兔

1. (Chinese mythology) The Jade Rabbit; alternative name for 月兔 (yuètù, “the Moon Rabbit”).
2. (literary, figuratively) the moon