獅子頭
Chinese
| lion; Buddha; bodhisattva | head; (noun suffix) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (獅子頭) | 獅子 | 頭 | |
| simp. (狮子头) | 狮子 | 头 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): si1 zi2 tau4
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sai-á-thâu
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1sy-tsy-deu
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: shīzitóu
- Zhuyin: ㄕ ˙ㄗ ㄊㄡˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shihzi̊htóu
- Wade–Giles: shih1-tzŭ5-tʻou2
- Yale: shr̄-dz-tóu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shy.tzytour
- Palladius: шицзытоу (šiczytou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩² tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: si1 zi2 tau4
- Yale: sī jí tàuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: si1 dzi2 tau4
- Guangdong Romanization: xi1 ji2 teo4
- Sinological IPA (key): /siː⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sai-á-thâu
- Tâi-lô: sai-á-thâu
- Phofsit Daibuun: sai'aftaau
- IPA (Xiamen): /sai⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /sai³³ a⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰau²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /sai⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /sai⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /sai⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²³/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
Noun
獅子頭
- (literally) lion's head
- lion's head (Chinese dish consisting of pork meatballs stewed with vegetables)
- lion head (symbol of Singapore)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 獅子頭 (“lion's head (meatball)”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 獅子頭 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 獅子頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 獅子頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 獅子頭 |
| Yangzhou | 獅子頭, 大劗肉 | |
| Nantong | 獅子頭 | |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 獅子頭, 獅子球 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 獅仔頭 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 獅子頭 |
| Shanghai (Songjiang) | 獅子頭, 大肉圓 | |
| Shanghai (Chongming) | 獅子頭 | |
| Suzhou | 獅子頭 | |
| Danyang | 獅子頭 | |
| Hangzhou | 獅子頭 | |
| Ningbo | 獅子頭 | |