北極狐

See also: 北极狐

Chinese

		the North Pole	fox
trad. (北極狐)		北極	狐
simp. (北极狐)		北极	狐

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Běijíhú

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˇ ㄐㄧˊ ㄏㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bak¹ gik⁶ wu⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Běijíhú
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˇ ㄐㄧˊ ㄏㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Běijíhú
  - Wade–Giles: Pei³-chi²-hu²
  - Yale: Běi-jí-hú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Beeijyihwu
  - Palladius: Бэйцзиху (Bɛjczixu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi³⁵ xu³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bak¹ gik⁶ wu⁴
  - Yale: bāk gihk wùh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bak⁷ gik⁹ wu⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: beg¹ gig⁶ wu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐk̚⁵ kɪk̚² wuː²¹/

Noun

北極狐

arctic fox

Synonyms

白狐 (báihú)
藍狐／蓝狐 (lánhú)
雪狐 (xuěhú)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
北	極	狐
ほく > ほっ Grade: 2	きょく Grade: 4	きつね > ぎつね Hyōgaiji
on’yomi		kun’yomi

Etymology

From 北極(ほっきょく) (hokkyoku, “North Pole”) + 狐(きつね) (kitsune, “fox”). The kitsune changes to gitsune as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ほっきょくぎつね [hòkkyókúgíꜜtsùnè] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
IPA^(key): [ho̞k̚ʲkʲo̞kɯ̟ᵝɡʲit͡sɨᵝne̞]

Noun

北(ほっ)極(きょく)狐(ぎつね) or 北極狐(ホッキョクギツネ) • (Hokkyokugitsune) ^{←ほくきよくぎつね (fokukyokugitune)^?}

an arctic fox

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ホッキョクギツネ.

Synonyms

白狐(びゃっこ) (byakko)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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