貔貅

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Chinese

(leopard) (leopard)
trad. (貔貅) 貔 貅
simp. #(貔貅) 貔 貅
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Etymology

Earliest extant attestations are in the Book of Rites and Lost Book of Zhou:

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 貔 貅
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 並 (3) 曉 (32)
Final (韻) 脂 (15) 尤 (136)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 房脂切 許尤切
Baxter bjij xjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/biɪ/ /hɨu/
Pan
Wuyun 		/bi/ /hiu/
Shao
Rongfen 		/bjɪ/ /xiəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/bi/ /huw/
Li
Rong 		/bi/ /xiu/
Wang
Li 		/bi/ /xĭəu/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/bʱi/ /xi̯ə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		pí xiū
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		pei4 jau1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 貔
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		pí
Middle
Chinese 		‹ bjij ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ij/
English kind of wild cat

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 貔 貅
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 527 13920
Phonetic
component 		比 休
Rime
group 		脂 幽
Rime
subdivision 		2 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		𣬈 休
Old
Chinese 		/*bi/ /*qʰu/
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Particularly: “Hakka”

Noun

貔貅

  1. (Chinese mythology) pixiu, a mythical horned animal that is believed to bring luck
  2. (figurative) fierce warrior

Synonyms

See also

Adjective

貔貅

  1. (Cantonese) naughty; mischievous

Japanese

Kanji in this term
貔 貅
ひ
Hyōgai 		きゅう
Hyōgai
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
豼貅

Pronunciation

Noun

貔(ひ)貅(きゅう) • (hikyū) ←ひきう (fikiu)?

  1. (Chinese mythology) pixiu, a mythical horned animal that is believed to bring luck
  2. (figurative) fierce warrior

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
貔貅

Noun

貔貅 • (bihyu) (hangeul 비휴)

  1. hanja form? of 비휴 (“pixiu”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
貔貅

Noun

貔貅

  1. chữ Hán form of tỳ hưu (“pixiu”).
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