禽獸

See also: 禽兽

Chinese

		birds; fowl	beast; quadruped
trad. (禽獸)		禽	獸
simp. (禽兽)		禽	兽

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qínshòu

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄣˊ ㄕㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kam⁴ sau³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khìm-chhu
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): khîm-siù

(Teochew, Peng'im): kim⁵ siu³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qínshòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄣˊ ㄕㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cínshòu
  - Wade–Giles: chʻin²-shou⁴
  - Yale: chín-shòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chynshow
  - Palladius: циньшоу (cinʹšou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰin³⁵ ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kam⁴ sau³
  - Yale: kàhm sau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kam⁴ sau³
  - Guangdong Romanization: kem⁴ seo³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐm²¹ sɐu̯³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khìm-chhu
  - Hakka Romanization System: kim^ˇ cu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kim² cu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰim¹¹ t͡sʰu⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khîm-siù
  - Tâi-lô: khîm-siù
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qimsiux
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰim²⁴⁻²² siu²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰim²⁴⁻²² siu⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰim¹³⁻²² siu²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰim²⁴⁻¹¹ siu¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰim²³⁻³³ siu²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: kim⁵ siu³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khîm siù
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰim⁵⁵⁻¹¹ siu²¹³/

Middle Chinese: gim syuwH

Rime
Character	禽	獸
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	侵 (140)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	巨金切	舒救切
Baxter	gim	syuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡˠiɪm/	/ɕɨu^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡᵚim/	/ɕiu^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiem/	/ɕiəu^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gjim/	/ɕuw^H/
Li Rong	/ɡjəm/	/ɕiu^H/
Wang Li	/ɡĭĕm/	/ɕĭəu^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/gi̯əm/	/ɕi̯ə̯u^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qín	shòu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kam⁴	sau³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[C.ɢ](r)[ə]m s.tʰu(ʔ)-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɡrɯm qʰljus/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	禽	禽	獸
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qín	qín	shòu
Middle Chinese	‹ gim ›	‹ gim ›	‹ syuw^H ›
Old Chinese	/*[C.ɢ](r)[ə]m/	/*[C.ɢ](r)[ə]m/	/*s.tʰu(ʔ)-s/
English	bird; animal	catch, capture	(wild) animal
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	禽	獸
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	6607	11712
Phonetic component	今	嘼
Rime group	侵	幽
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	琴	狩
Old Chinese	/*ɡrɯm/	/*qʰljus/

Noun

禽獸

birds and animals
Synonym: 鳥獸 / 鸟兽 (niǎoshòu)
beast; animal; creature
(figurative) beast (cruel person)
白天是教授，晚上是禽獸 [MSC, trad.]
白天是教授，晚上是禽兽 [MSC, simp.]
báitiān shì jiàoshòu, wǎnshang shì qínshòu [Pinyin]
professor by day, beast by night

Derived terms

衣冠禽獸 / 衣冠禽兽 (yīguānqínshòu)