猞猁猻

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (猞猁猻)		猞	猁	猻
simp. (猞猁狲)		猞	猁	狲
alternative 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) (Cyrillic spelling шилүүс (šilüüs)) or Manchu ᠰᡳᠯᡠᠨ (silun), from a Turco-Mongol root.

Compare Chuvash ҫӳлевӗҫ (śülevĕś), Jurchen šilasun, Kalmyk шилүсн (şilüsn), Kazakh сілеусін (sıleusın), 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)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shēlìsūn
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄜㄌㄧˋ ㄙㄨㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shelìsun
  - Wade–Giles: shê¹-li⁴-sun¹
  - Yale: shē-lì-swūn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shelihsuen
  - Palladius: шэлисунь (šɛlisunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤ⁵⁵ li⁵¹ su̯ən⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shèlìsūn
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄜˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄙㄨㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shèlìsun
  - Wade–Giles: shê⁴-li⁴-sun¹
  - Yale: shè-lì-swūn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shehlihsuen
  - Palladius: шэлисунь (šɛlisunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹ su̯ən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: se³ lei⁶ syun¹
  - Yale: se leih syūn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: se³ lei⁶ syn¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sé³ léi⁶ xun¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛː³³ lei̯²² syːn⁵⁵/

Noun

猞猁猻

lynx (wild cats of the genus Lynx)

Synonyms

(short form) 猞猁 (shēlì)