昆子

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (昆子)		昆	子
simp. #(昆子)		昆	子

Etymology

Derived from Common Turkic *karsak (Pulleyblank, 1962).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kūnzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄣ ˙ㄗ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kūnzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄣ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kunzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: kʻun¹-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: kwūn-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuen.tzy
    • Palladius: куньцзы (kunʹczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ən⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/

Noun

昆子

1. (historical) fox

   • 丁令國在康居北，勝兵六萬人，隨畜牧，出名鼠皮，白昆子、青昆子皮。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     丁令国在康居北，胜兵六万人，随畜牧，出名鼠皮，白昆子、青昆子皮。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: Chen Shou, Records of the Three Kingdoms, circa 3^rd century CE

     Dīnglìng guó zài kāngjū běi, shèng bīng liù wàn rén, suí xù mù, chūmíng shǔ pí, bái kūnzǐ, qīng kūnzǐ pí. [Pinyin]

     CL