鴟吻

Chinese

scops owl kiss; mouth
trad. (鴟吻)
simp. (鸱吻)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (24) (4)
Final () (15) (59)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter tsyhij mjunX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡ɕʰiɪ/ /mɨunX/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡ɕʰi/ /miunX/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡ɕʰjɪ/ /miuənX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/cʰi/ /munX/
Li
Rong
/t͡ɕʰi/ /miuənX/
Wang
Li
/t͡ɕʰi/ /mĭuənX/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/t͡ɕʰi/ /mi̯uənX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
chī wěn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ci1 man5

Noun

鴟吻

  1. ceramic ornament shaped like an owl's mouth open upward at either end of a roof ridge

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