石敢當

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Chinese

		rock; stone; 10 pecks	to dare to be; to audaciously presume oneself to be
trad. (石敢當)		石	敢當
simp. (石敢当)		石	敢当

Wikipedia has articles on:

石敢當 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
Shigandang (English)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shígǎndāng

(Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄍㄢˇ ㄉㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sek⁶ gam² dong¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chio̍h-kám-tong / se̍k-kám-tong

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shígǎndāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄍㄢˇ ㄉㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shíhgǎndang
  - Wade–Giles: shih²-kan³-tang¹
  - Yale: shŕ-gǎn-dāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrgaandang
  - Palladius: шиганьдан (šiganʹdan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ kän²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sek⁶ gam² dong¹
  - Yale: sehk gám dōng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sek⁹ gam² dong¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ség⁶ gem² dong¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛːk̚² kɐm³⁵ tɔːŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chio̍h-kám-tong
  - Tâi-lô: tsio̍h-kám-tong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cioiqkafmdofng
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sio(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ kam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ kam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: se̍k-kám-tong
  - Tâi-lô: si̍k-kám-tong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: segkafmdofng
  - IPA (Taipei): /siɪk̚⁴⁻³² kam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪk̚⁴⁻³² kam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

石敢當

stone tablet historically erected in streets in China (and certain Japan regions) to ward off evil

Japanese

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石敢當

Kanji in this term
石	敢	當
いし Grade: 1	かん > がん Grade: S	とう Hyōgai
kun'yomi	on'yomi

Kanji in this term
石	敢	當
せき Grade: 1	かん > がん Grade: S	とう Hyōgai
on'yomi

Kanji in this term
石	敢	當
いし Grade: 1	かん > がん Grade: S	とう > どう Hyōgai
kun'yomi	on'yomi

Alternative forms

石敢当

Pronunciation

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Noun

石(いし)敢(がん)當(とう) or 石(せき)敢(がん)當(とう) or 石(いし)敢(がん)當(どう) • (ishigantō or sekigantō or ishigandō)

stone tablet erected in streets in China (and certain Japanese regions) to ward off evil

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