於菟

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於菟

wūtú Mandarin, Pinyin
ㄨㄊㄨˊ Mandarin, Bopomofo
wu¹ tou⁴ Cantonese, Jyutping
o͘-thò͘ Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
wūtú Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
ㄨㄊㄨˊ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
wutú Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Tongyong Pinyin
wu¹-tʻu² Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Wade–Giles
wū-tú Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Yale
utwu Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Gwoyeu Romatsyh
уту Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Cyrillic
/u⁵⁵ tʰu³⁵/ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological IPA
wu¹ tou⁴ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
wū tòuh Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
/wuː⁵⁵ tʰou̯²¹/ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
o͘-thò͘ Min Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen
oo-thòo Min Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen
o'tox Min Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen
/ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰɔ²¹/ Min Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen
'u du Middle Chinese
/*qaː daː/ Old Chinese, Zhengzhang

Where it comes from

於是表示危險動物的前綴，對照現代漢語老虎 (lǎohǔ)的「老 (lǎo)」（Schuessler, 2007）。或者，它可能反映了孟緬語詞源的 k 聲母（Norman and Mei, 1976）。

菟源自原始漢藏語 *k-la (“老虎”)，派生自原始孟-高棉語 *klaʔ (“老虎”)。與虎 (上古 *qʰlaːʔ)同源。

noun 乌菟 · 於䖘 · 烏䖘 · 乌䖘 · 於檡 · 于𰗛

archaic, 古楚方言老虎楚人謂乳穀，謂虎於菟。

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {於菟},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E6%96%BC%E8%8F%9F},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}