狴犴
Chinese
| (tapir); mythical tiger-like beast | jail | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (狴犴) | 狴 | 犴 | |
| simp. #(狴犴) | 狴 | 犴 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): bai6 ngon6
- Southern Min
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: bì'àn
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄢˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bì-àn
- Wade–Giles: pi4-an4
- Yale: bì-àn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihann
- Palladius: биань (bianʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ˀän⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bai6 ngon6
- Yale: baih ngohn
- Cantonese Pinyin: bai6 ngon6
- Guangdong Romanization: bei6 ngon6
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɐi̯²² ŋɔːn²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pè-gān
- Tâi-lô: pè-gān
- Phofsit Daibuun: pea'gan
- Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /pe²¹⁻⁵³ ɡan²²/
- Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /pe⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ɡan⁴¹/
- Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /pe²¹⁻⁵³ ɡan²²/
- Sinological IPA (Taipei): /pe¹¹⁻⁵³ ɡan³³/
- Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe²¹⁻⁴¹ ɡan³³/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: bi2 ngang6
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pí ngăng
- Sinological IPA (key): /pi⁵²⁻³⁵ ŋaŋ³⁵/
- (Hokkien)
- Middle Chinese: pej ngan|nganH
Noun
狴犴
- (literary, Chinese mythology) legendary tiger-like beast whose image used to be painted on prison doors
- (literary, figurative) prison
Coordinate terms
- ("sons of the dragon", creatures found in decorations): 贔屭 / 赑屃 (bìxì), 霸下 (bàxià), 𧈢𧏡 (bàxià), 螭虎 (chīhǔ), 饕餮 (tāotiè), 蜥蜴 (xīyì), 睚眥 / 睚眦 (yázì), 鴟吻 / 鸱吻 (chīwěn), 虭蛥 (diāoshé), 嘲風 / 嘲风 (cháofēng), 狻猊 (suānní), 蒲牢 (púláo), 椒圖 / 椒图 (jiāotú), 金吾 (jīnwú), 囚牛 (qiúniú)
Derived terms
- 狂吠狴犴