走獸

See also: 走兽

Chinese

		to walk; to go; to move to walk; to go; to move; to leave	beast; quadruped
trad. (走獸)		走	獸
simp. (走兽)		走	兽

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǒushòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄡˇ ㄕㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zau² sau³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chéu-chhu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǒushòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄡˇ ㄕㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǒushòu
    • Wade–Giles: tsou³-shou⁴
    • Yale: dzǒu-shòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzooushow
    • Palladius: цзоушоу (czoušou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡soʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zau² sau³
    • Yale: jáu sau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzau² sau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zeo² seo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐu̯³⁵ sɐu̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chéu-chhu
    • Hakka Romanization System: zeu^ˋ cu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zeu³ cu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡seu̯³¹ t͡sʰu⁵⁵/

Noun

走獸

1. quadruped beast; four-footed animal

   • 豈惟民哉？麒麟之於走獸，鳳凰之於飛鳥，太山之於丘垤，河海之於行潦，類也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     岂惟民哉？麒麟之于走兽，凤凰之于飞鸟，太山之于丘垤，河海之于行潦，类也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

     Qǐ wéi mín zāi? Qílín zhī yú zǒushòu, fènghuáng zhī yú fēiniǎo, Tàishān zhī yú qiūdié, hé hǎi zhī yú xíngliáo, lèi yě. [Pinyin]

     Is it only among men that it is so? There is the Qilin among quadrupeds, the Fenghuang (phoenix) among birds, the Tai mountain among mounds and ant-hills, and rivers and seas among rain-pools. Though different in degree, they are the same in kind.

2. animals

Synonyms

• (animals): 獸類／兽类 (shòulèi), 動物／动物 (dòngwù)

Derived terms

• 飛禽走獸／飞禽走兽 (fēiqínzǒushòu)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (走獸):

• → Korean: 주수(走獸) (jusu)