馬猴燒酒

Chinese

		macaque	a type of alcoholic beverage during the Tang dynasty; shaojiu; spirits
trad. (馬猴燒酒)		馬猴	燒酒
simp. (马猴烧酒)		马猴	烧酒

Etymology

A humorously grotesque sound borrowing from Japanese 魔(ま)法(ほう)少(しょう)女(じょ) (mahō shōjo, “magical girl”). Doublet of 魔法少女 (mófǎ shàonǚ).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mǎhóu shāojiǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˇ ㄏㄡˊ ㄕㄠㄐㄧㄡˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mǎhóu shāojiǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄏㄡˊ ㄕㄠㄐㄧㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mǎhóu shaojiǒu
  - Wade–Giles: ma³-hou² shao¹-chiu³
  - Yale: mǎ-hóu shāu-jyǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maahour shaujeou
  - Palladius: махоу шаоцзю (maxou šaoczju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ xoʊ̯³⁵ ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

馬猴燒酒

(ACG, humorous) Synonym of 魔法少女 (mófǎ shàonǚ, “magical girl”)

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