猞猁猻

Chinese

	phonetic
trad. (猞猁猻)	猞	猁	猻
simp. (猞猁狲)	猞	猁	狲
alt. forms	猞猁孫／猞猁孙失利孫／失利孙扯裏猻／扯里狲

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Mongolian ᠰᠢᠯᠦᠭᠦᠰᠦ (silügüsü) or Manchu ᠰᡳᠯᡠᠨ (silun), from a Turco-Mongol root.

Compare Chuvash ҫӳлевӗҫ (śülevĕś), Kalmyk шилүсн (şilüsn), Kazakh сілеусін (silewsin), Korean 스라소니 (seurasoni), Kyrgyz сүлөөсүн (sülöösün), Uyghur سۈلەيسۈن‏‎‎ (süleysün‏‎).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shēlìsūn, shèlìsūn

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄜㄌㄧˋ ㄙㄨㄣ, ㄕㄜˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄙㄨㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): se³ lei⁶ syun¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: shēlìsūn
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄜㄌㄧˋ ㄙㄨㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shelihsuen
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂɤ⁵⁵ li⁵¹ su̯ən⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: shèlìsūn
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄜˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄙㄨㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shehlihsuen
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹ su̯ən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: se³ lei⁶ syun¹
  - Yale: se leih syūn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: se³ lei⁶ syn¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sé³ léi⁶ xun¹
  - IPA ^(key): /sɛː³³ lei̯²² ɕyːn⁵⁵/

Noun

猞猁猻

lynx (wild cats of the genus Lynx)

Synonyms

(short form) 猞猁 (shēlì)

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