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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: zǒushòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄡˇ ㄕㄡˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzooushow
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡soʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zau² sau³
  - Yale: jáu sau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzau² sau³
  - Guangdong Romanization: zeo² seo³
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐu̯³⁵ sɐu̯³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chéu-chhu
  - Hakka Romanization System: zeu` cu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zeu³ cu⁴
  - IPA: /t͡se̯u³¹ t͡sʰu⁵⁵/

Noun

走獸

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: Mengzi (Mencius), circa 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.

Derived terms

飛禽走獸／飞禽走兽

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