馬猴燒酒

Chinese

		macaque	a type of alcoholic beverage during the Tang dynasty; shaojiu; spirits
trad. (馬猴燒酒)		馬猴	燒酒
simp. (马猴烧酒)		马猴	烧酒

Etymology

A humorously grotesque sound borrowing from Japanese 魔(ま)法(ほう)少(しょう)女(じょ) (mahō shōjo, “magical girl”). Doublet of 魔法少女 (mófǎ shàonǚ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǎhóu shāojiǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˇ ㄏㄡˊ ㄕㄠ ㄐㄧㄡˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǎhóu shāojiǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄏㄡˊ ㄕㄠ ㄐㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǎhóu shaojiǒu
    • Wade–Giles: ma³-hou² shao¹-chiu³
    • Yale: mǎ-hóu shāu-jyǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maahour shaujeou
    • Palladius: махоу шаоцзю (maxou šaoczju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ xoʊ̯³⁵ ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

馬猴燒酒

1. (ACG, humorous) Synonym of 魔法少女 (mófǎ shàonǚ, “magical girl”)