於菟

Chinese

		in; at; to in; at; to; from; by; than; out of; surname	dodder; cuscuta
simp. and trad. (於菟)		於	菟
alt. forms		於䖘烏䖘／乌䖘

Etymology

於 is a prefix to indicate respect for the dangerous animal; compare 老 (lǎo, “old; venerable”) in 老虎 (lǎohǔ, “tiger”) (Schuessler, 2007). Alternatively, it may reflect the k initial in the Mon-Khmer etymon (Norman and Mei, 1976).

菟 is from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *k-la (“tiger”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *klaʔ (“tiger”). Cognate with 虎 (OC *qʰlaːʔ, “tiger”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wūtú

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄊㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wu¹ tou⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: wūtú
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄊㄨˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: utwu
  - IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵ tʰu³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wu¹ tou⁴
  - Yale: wū tòuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wu¹ tou⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: wu¹ tou⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /wuː⁵⁵ tʰou̯²¹/

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*qaː daː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	於	菟
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	15810	12511
Phonetic component	於	兔
Rime group	魚	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	烏	徒
Old Chinese	/*qaː/	/*daː/

Noun

於菟

(obsolete, ancient Chu dialect) tiger

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 老虎 (“tiger”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		虎、李父、李耳、於菟、伯都
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		虎
Taxonomic name		虎
Mandarin	Beijing	老虎
	Taiwan	老虎
	Harbin	老虎、老虎媽子
	Hailar	老虎
	Ulan Hot	老虎
	Tongliao	老虎
	Chifeng	老虎
	Bayanhot	老虎
	Jinan	老虎
	Muping	老虎
	Luoyang	老虎
	Jiedian	老虎
	Xi'an	老虎
	Xining	老虎
	Xuzhou	老虎
	Yinchuan	老虎
	Lanzhou	老虎
	Ürümqi	老虎
	Wuhan	老虎
	Chengdu	老虎、大貓兒、貓貓
	Guiyang	老虎
	Guilin	老虎
	Liuzhou	老虎
	Yangzhou	老虎
	Nanjing	老虎
	Hefei	老虎
	Malaysia	老虎
	Singapore	老虎
Cantonese	Guangzhou	老虎
	Hong Kong	老虎
	Shunde	老虎
	Zhongshan	老虎
	Dongguan	老虎
	Hong Kong (Weitou)	老虎
	Taishan	老虎
	Doumen	老虎
	Kaiping	老虎
	Shaoguan	老虎
	Yunfu	老虎
	Yangjiang	大蟲、大貓、老虎
	Xinyi	老虎
	Lianjiang	老虎
	Nanning	老虎
	Wuzhou	老虎、大蟲
	Yulin	老虎、大蟲
	Hepu	老虎、大蟲
	Kuala Lumpur	老虎
Gan	Nanchang	老虎
	Lichuan	老虎
	Pingxiang	老虎
Hakka	Meixian	老虎
	Luchuan	大蟲
	Yudu	老虎
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	老虎
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	老虎
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	老虎
	Dongshi (Dabu)	老虎
	Zhuolan (Raoping)	老虎
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	虎、老虎
	Hong Kong	老虎
	Senai	老虎
	Singkawang	老虎
Huizhou	Jixi	老虎
Jin	Taiyuan	老虎
	Xinzhou	老虎
	Baochang	老虎
	Jining	老虎
	Hohhot	老虎
	Baotou	老虎
	Dongsheng	老虎
	Linhe	老虎
	Haibowan	老虎
Min Bei	Jian'ou	老虎
Min Dong	Fuzhou	老虎
	Fuqing	老虎
	Matsu	老虎
Min Nan	Xiamen	虎
	Quanzhou	虎
	Zhangzhou	虎
	Taipei	虎
	Kaohsiung	虎
	Tainan	虎
	Taichung	虎
	Wuqi	虎
	Hsinchu	虎
	Taitung	虎
	Lukang	虎
	Yilan	虎
	Magong	虎
	Penang	老虎
	Singapore	虎、老虎
	Pingnan	虎
	Chaozhou	老虎
	Haifeng	老虎
	Johor Bahru	老虎
	Haikou	虎
	Leizhou	虎
Pinghua	Nanning	老虎
Pinghua	Guilin	老虎
Wu	Shanghai	老虎
	Suzhou	老虎
	Hangzhou	老虎
	Wenzhou	大貓、老虎
	Chongming	老虎
	Danyang	老虎
	Jinhua	老虎
	Ningbo	老虎
Xiang	Changsha	老虎、老蟲、大蟲、大貓、爬山子
	Shuangfeng	老蟲、山貓兒
	Loudi	老蟲、山貓子
	Quanzhou	老虎

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