虭蛥

Chinese


simp. and trad. (虭蛥)		虭	蛥

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): diāoshé

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄠㄕㄜˊ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiau-sia̍t

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: diāoshé
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄠㄕㄜˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: diaoshé
  - Wade–Giles: tiao¹-shê²
  - Yale: dyāu-shé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diausher
  - Palladius: дяошэ (djaošɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂɤ³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiau-sia̍t
  - Tâi-lô: tiau-sia̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diausiat
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiau⁴⁴⁻²² siɛt̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiau³³ siɛt̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiau⁴⁴⁻²² siɛt̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiau⁴⁴⁻³³ siɛt̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiau⁴⁴⁻³³ siɛt̚⁴/

Noun

虭蛥

(Chinese mythology) a creature whose statue is seen on the tops of the pagodas

Coordinate terms

("sons of the dragon", creatures found in decorations): 贔屭 / 赑屃 (bìxì), 霸下 (bàxià), 𧈢𧏡 (bàxià), 螭虎 (chīhǔ), 饕餮 (tāotiè), 蜥蜴 (xīyì), 睚眥 / 睚眦 (yázì), 鴟吻 / 鸱吻 (chīwěn), 嘲風 / 嘲风 (cháofēng), 狻猊 (suānní), 蒲牢 (púláo), 狴犴 (bì'àn), 椒圖 / 椒图 (jiāotú), 金吾 (jīnwú), 囚牛 (qiúniú)