馬騮

See also: 马骝

Chinese

Unknown. Some possibilities for the etymology:

A substrate Tai-Kadai loanword, compare Zhuang maxlaeuz (“monkey”).
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m(j/r)uk. Cognate with Burmese မျောက် (myauk, “monkey”) and possibly 猱 (OC *ml'uː, *mljiwʔ, *ml'us, “yellow-haired monkey”).

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mǎliú

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˇ ㄌㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): maa⁵ lau^4-1, maa^5-1 lau^4-1

(Taishan, Wiktionary): ma² leu², ma¹ leu²

馬騮

(chiefly Cantonese) monkey
(chiefly Cantonese, affectionate) monkey; little monkey (used for children, subordinates, etc.)

Dialectal synonyms of 猴子 (“monkey”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		猴
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		猴子
Mandarin	Beijing	猴子、猴兒
	Taiwan	猴子
	Jinan	猴子、猴兒、猴三兒
	Xi'an	猴
	Wuhan	猴子
	Chengdu	猴子、猴、猴猻兒
	Yangzhou	猴子
	Hefei	猴子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	馬騮
	Hong Kong	馬騮
	Taishan	馬騮
	Yangjiang	馬騮
Gan	Nanchang	猴子
Hakka	Meixian	猴哥
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	猴哥、猴仔
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	猴哥、猴仔
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	猴哥、猴仔
	Dongshi (Dabu)	猴哥、猴
	Zhuolan (Raoping)	猴哥、猴仔、猴
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	猴
Jin	Taiyuan	毛猴
Min Bei	Jian'ou	猴屄
Min Dong	Fuzhou	猴、猴囝
Min Nan	Xiamen	猴、猴仔
	Quanzhou	猴
	Zhangzhou	猴
	Taipei	猴、猴山仔
	Kaohsiung	猴、猴山仔
	Tainan	猴、猴山仔
	Taichung	猴、猴山仔
	Hsinchu	猴、猴山仔
	Lukang	猴山仔、猴仔
	Sanxia	猴、猴山
	Yilan	猴、猴山仔
	Kinmen	猴
	Magong	猴
	Penang	猴、老猴
	Philippines (Manila)	猴
	Chaozhou	猴
Wu	Shanghai	活猻
	Suzhou	猢猻
	Wenzhou	猴大
Xiang	Changsha	猴子
Xiang	Shuangfeng	猴子、猴猻

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