貏豸
Chinese
| beast with long backbone; legless insect | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (貏豸) |
貏 | 豸 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: bǐzhì
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄓˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bǐjhìh
- Wade–Giles: pi3-chih4
- Yale: bǐ-jr̀
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biijyh
- Palladius: бичжи (bičži)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Adjective
貏豸
- (obsolete) gradually levelling out
- 陂池貏豸 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
- From: 司馬相如 (Sima Xiangru) 《上林賦》 "Rhapsody on the Imperial Park", in 《漢書》 Book of Han, 2008 translation by David Knechtges
- bēichí bǐzhì [Pinyin]
- Where the land slopes and slants, gradually levels out,