獬豸
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Chinese
| beast with long backbone; legless insect | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (獬豸) | 獬 | 豸 | |
| simp. #(獬豸) | 獬 | 豸 | |
| alternative forms | 解豸 解廌 獬廌 解𧋈 觟𧣾 | ||
Etymology
See 解豸 (xièzhì)
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): haai5 zi6 / haai5 zaai6
- Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): hai6 zai6
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6gha-zy6
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˋ ㄓˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: sièjhìh
- Wade–Giles: hsieh4-chih4
- Yale: syè-jr̀
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiehjyh
- Palladius: сечжи (sečži)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: haai5 zi6 / haai5 zaai6
- Yale: háaih jih / háaih jaaih
- Cantonese Pinyin: haai5 dzi6 / haai5 dzaai6
- Guangdong Romanization: hai5 ji6 / hai5 zai6
- Sinological IPA (key): /haːi̯¹³ t͡siː²²/, /haːi̯¹³ t͡saːi̯²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: hai6 zai6
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hăi tsăi
- Sinological IPA (key): /hai³⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sai³⁵/
- (Teochew)
- Wu
- Middle Chinese: heaX dreaX
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*ɡreːʔ rdeːʔ/
Noun
獬豸