"여우" meaning in Korean

See 여우 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [jʌ̹u] [SK-Standard, Seoul] Forms: yeou [romanization], 마리 [counter]
Etymology: From Middle Korean 여ᅀᆞ (yèzò). First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as a connective form 여ᇫㅇ (Yale: yèzG-). Presumed classical word stem *jɔzɦ or *jɔzɣ is still evidenced in some dialects (compare dialectal forms 여수 (yeosu), 여시 (yeosi), 여끼 (yeokki), 영 (yeong), 영끼 (yeongkki), etc.). Etymology templates: {{inh|ko|okm|여ᅀᆞ|tr=yèzò}} Middle Korean 여ᅀᆞ (yèzò), {{ko-etym-native|1|dot=,}} First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446,, {{okm-l|여ᇫㅇ|yèzG-|link=no}} 여ᇫㅇ (Yale: yèzG-), {{IPAfont|*jɔzɦ}} *jɔzɦ, {{IPAfont|*jɔzɣ}} *jɔzɣ Head templates: {{ko-noun|count=마리}} 여우 • (yeou) (counter 마리)
  1. fox, vixen
    Sense id: en-여우-ko-noun-6U~B8esd Categories (other): Middle Korean terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Middle Korean terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 14 41 44
  2. (by extension) a cunning and deceptive person Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-여우-ko-noun-mvWPSkQy Categories (other): Middle Korean terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Middle Korean terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 14 41 44
  3. (by extension, endearing) a sly young girl Tags: broadly, endearing
    Sense id: en-여우-ko-noun-DDDa5v0- Categories (other): Middle Korean terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Native Korean words Disambiguation of Middle Korean terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 14 41 44 Disambiguation of Native Korean words: 19 31 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 게잡이여우 (gejabiyeou) (english: crab-eating fox), 여우비 (yeoubi) (english: sunshower), 여우원숭이 (yeouwonsung'i) (english: lemur) Related terms: (ho), the hanja for (english: fox)
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [jʌ̹u] [SK-Standard, Seoul] Forms: yeou [romanization], 女優 [hanja]
Etymology: Sino-Korean word from 女優. Etymology templates: {{etymid|ko|女優}}, {{ko-etym-sino|女優}} Sino-Korean word from 女優 Head templates: {{ko-noun|hanja=女優}} 여우 • (yeou) (hanja 女優)
  1. actress (female actor) Categories (lifeform): Canids Synonyms: 여배우 (alt: 女俳優)
    Sense id: en-여우-ko-noun-u1iYmMRY Disambiguation of Canids: 22 8 7 63 Categories (other): Korean entries with incorrect language header, Korean terms with redundant script codes, Korean terms with redundant transliterations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Sino-Korean words Disambiguation of Korean entries with incorrect language header: 7 27 13 53 Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant script codes: 3 9 6 82 Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant transliterations: 3 9 6 83 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 16 22 15 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 14 10 65 Disambiguation of Sino-Korean words: 11 17 22 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "crab-eating fox",
      "roman": "gejabiyeou",
      "word": "게잡이여우"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "sunshower",
      "roman": "yeoubi",
      "word": "여우비"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "lemur",
      "roman": "yeouwonsung'i",
      "word": "여우원숭이"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ko",
        "2": "okm",
        "3": "여ᅀᆞ",
        "tr": "yèzò"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Korean 여ᅀᆞ (yèzò)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "1",
        "dot": ","
      },
      "expansion": "First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446,",
      "name": "ko-etym-native"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "여ᇫㅇ",
        "2": "yèzG-",
        "link": "no"
      },
      "expansion": "여ᇫㅇ (Yale: yèzG-)",
      "name": "okm-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*jɔzɦ"
      },
      "expansion": "*jɔzɦ",
      "name": "IPAfont"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*jɔzɣ"
      },
      "expansion": "*jɔzɣ",
      "name": "IPAfont"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Korean 여ᅀᆞ (yèzò). First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as a connective form 여ᇫㅇ (Yale: yèzG-).\nPresumed classical word stem *jɔzɦ or *jɔzɣ is still evidenced in some dialects (compare dialectal forms 여수 (yeosu), 여시 (yeosi), 여끼 (yeokki), 영 (yeong), 영끼 (yeongkki), etc.).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "yeou",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "마리",
      "tags": [
        "counter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "count": "마리"
      },
      "expansion": "여우 • (yeou) (counter 마리)",
      "name": "ko-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Korean",
  "lang_code": "ko",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "ho",
      "word": "狐"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "fox",
      "word": "the hanja for"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "14 41 44",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle Korean terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fox, vixen"
      ],
      "id": "en-여우-ko-noun-6U~B8esd",
      "links": [
        [
          "fox",
          "fox"
        ],
        [
          "vixen",
          "vixen"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "14 41 44",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle Korean terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a cunning and deceptive person"
      ],
      "id": "en-여우-ko-noun-mvWPSkQy",
      "links": [
        [
          "cunning",
          "cunning"
        ],
        [
          "deceptive",
          "deceptive"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) a cunning and deceptive person"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "14 41 44",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle Korean terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 31 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Native Korean words",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a sly young girl"
      ],
      "id": "en-여우-ko-noun-DDDa5v0-",
      "links": [
        [
          "endearing",
          "endearing"
        ],
        [
          "sly",
          "sly"
        ],
        [
          "young",
          "young"
        ],
        [
          "girl",
          "girl"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension, endearing) a sly young girl"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "endearing"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[jʌ̹u]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "hangeul": "여우"
    },
    {
      "other": "[여우]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "여우"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ko",
        "2": "女優"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymid"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "女優"
      },
      "expansion": "Sino-Korean word from 女優",
      "name": "ko-etym-sino"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Sino-Korean word from 女優.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "yeou",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "女優",
      "tags": [
        "hanja"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "hanja": "女優"
      },
      "expansion": "여우 • (yeou) (hanja 女優)",
      "name": "ko-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Korean",
  "lang_code": "ko",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "7 27 13 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 9 6 82",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 9 6 83",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 22 15 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 14 10 65",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 17 22 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sino-Korean words",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 8 7 63",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "ko",
          "name": "Canids",
          "orig": "ko:Canids",
          "parents": [
            "Carnivores",
            "Mammals",
            "Vertebrates",
            "Chordates",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "actress (female actor)"
      ],
      "id": "en-여우-ko-noun-u1iYmMRY",
      "links": [
        [
          "actress",
          "actress"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "alt": "女俳優",
          "word": "여배우"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[jʌ̹u]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "hangeul": "여우"
    },
    {
      "other": "[여우]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "여우"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Korean entries with incorrect language header",
    "Korean lemmas",
    "Korean nouns",
    "Korean terms derived from Middle Korean",
    "Korean terms inherited from Middle Korean",
    "Korean terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Korean terms with redundant script codes",
    "Korean terms with redundant transliterations",
    "Middle Korean terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Native Korean words",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Sino-Korean words",
    "ko:Canids"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "crab-eating fox",
      "roman": "gejabiyeou",
      "word": "게잡이여우"
    },
    {
      "english": "sunshower",
      "roman": "yeoubi",
      "word": "여우비"
    },
    {
      "english": "lemur",
      "roman": "yeouwonsung'i",
      "word": "여우원숭이"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ko",
        "2": "okm",
        "3": "여ᅀᆞ",
        "tr": "yèzò"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Korean 여ᅀᆞ (yèzò)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "1",
        "dot": ","
      },
      "expansion": "First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446,",
      "name": "ko-etym-native"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "여ᇫㅇ",
        "2": "yèzG-",
        "link": "no"
      },
      "expansion": "여ᇫㅇ (Yale: yèzG-)",
      "name": "okm-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*jɔzɦ"
      },
      "expansion": "*jɔzɦ",
      "name": "IPAfont"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*jɔzɣ"
      },
      "expansion": "*jɔzɣ",
      "name": "IPAfont"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Korean 여ᅀᆞ (yèzò). First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as a connective form 여ᇫㅇ (Yale: yèzG-).\nPresumed classical word stem *jɔzɦ or *jɔzɣ is still evidenced in some dialects (compare dialectal forms 여수 (yeosu), 여시 (yeosi), 여끼 (yeokki), 영 (yeong), 영끼 (yeongkki), etc.).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "yeou",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "마리",
      "tags": [
        "counter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "count": "마리"
      },
      "expansion": "여우 • (yeou) (counter 마리)",
      "name": "ko-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Korean",
  "lang_code": "ko",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "ho",
      "word": "狐"
    },
    {
      "english": "fox",
      "word": "the hanja for"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "fox, vixen"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fox",
          "fox"
        ],
        [
          "vixen",
          "vixen"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a cunning and deceptive person"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cunning",
          "cunning"
        ],
        [
          "deceptive",
          "deceptive"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) a cunning and deceptive person"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Korean endearing terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a sly young girl"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "endearing",
          "endearing"
        ],
        [
          "sly",
          "sly"
        ],
        [
          "young",
          "young"
        ],
        [
          "girl",
          "girl"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension, endearing) a sly young girl"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "endearing"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[jʌ̹u]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "hangeul": "여우"
    },
    {
      "other": "[여우]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "여우"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Korean entries with incorrect language header",
    "Korean lemmas",
    "Korean nouns",
    "Korean terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Korean terms with redundant script codes",
    "Korean terms with redundant transliterations",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Sino-Korean words",
    "ko:Canids"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ko",
        "2": "女優"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymid"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "女優"
      },
      "expansion": "Sino-Korean word from 女優",
      "name": "ko-etym-sino"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Sino-Korean word from 女優.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "yeou",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "女優",
      "tags": [
        "hanja"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "hanja": "女優"
      },
      "expansion": "여우 • (yeou) (hanja 女優)",
      "name": "ko-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Korean",
  "lang_code": "ko",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "actress (female actor)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "actress",
          "actress"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "alt": "女俳優",
          "word": "여배우"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[jʌ̹u]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "hangeul": "여우"
    },
    {
      "other": "[여우]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "여우"
}

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