饕餮

Chinese

		gluttonous	gluttonous
trad. (饕餮)		饕	餮
simp. ^#(饕餮)		饕	餮
alternative forms		叨飻

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tāotiè

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄠㄊㄧㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tou¹ tit³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tho-thiat

(Teochew, Peng'im): tao¹ tiêg⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tāotiè
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄠㄊㄧㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: taotiè
  - Wade–Giles: tʻao¹-tʻieh⁴
  - Yale: tāu-tyè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tautieh
  - Palladius: таоте (taote)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tou¹ tit³
  - Yale: tōu tit
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tou¹ tit⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: tou¹ tid³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯⁵⁵ tʰiːt̚³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tho-thiat
  - Tâi-lô: tho-thiat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: toi'tiad
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰo⁴⁴⁻²² tʰiɛt̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰo³³ tʰiɛt̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰo⁴⁴⁻²² tʰiɛt̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰo⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰiɛt̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰiɛt̚³²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: tao¹ tiêg⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thau thiek
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰau³³⁻²³ tʰiek̚²/

Middle Chinese: thaw thet

Rime
Character	饕	餮
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	透 (6)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)	屑 (87)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	IV
Fanqie	土刀切	他結切
Baxter	thaw	thet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰɑu/	/tʰet̚/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰɑu/	/tʰet̚/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɑu/	/tʰɛt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰaw/	/tʰɛt̚/
Li Rong	/tʰɑu/	/tʰet̚/
Wang Li	/tʰɑu/	/tʰiet̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tʰɑu/	/tʰiet̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tāo	tie
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tou¹	tit³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[tʰ]ˤaw [tʰ]ˤət/

(Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰaːw r̥ʰɯːd/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	饕	餮
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	tāo	tiè
Middle Chinese	‹ thaw ›	‹ thet ›
Old Chinese	/*[tʰ]ˁaw/	/*[tʰ]ˁət/
English	饕餮 thaw.thet glutton	饕餮 thaw.thet glutton
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] 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	饕	餮
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	4915	17108
Phonetic component	号	疹
Rime group	宵	物
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	饕	鐵
Old Chinese	/*l̥ʰaːw/	/*r̥ʰɯːd/
Notes		說文作飻

Noun

饕餮

(Chinese mythology) taotie (legendary gluttonous animal)
(～紋) taotie (stylized design frequently found on ancient bronzes)
(figurative) gourmand; glutton; voracious eater
(figurative) fierce and greedy person

Coordinate terms

("sons of the dragon", creatures found in decorations): 贔屭 / 赑屃 (bìxì), 霸下 (bàxià), 𧈢𧏡 (bàxià), 螭虎 (chīhǔ), 蜥蜴 (xīyì), 睚眥 / 睚眦 (yázì), 鴟吻 / 鸱吻 (chīwěn), 虭蛥 (diāoshé), 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)

Derived terms

檮杌饕餮 / 梼杌饕餮
貪如饕餮 / 贪如饕餮 (tānrútāotiè)
饕餮之徒
饕餮紋 / 饕餮纹

Japanese

Kanji in this term
饕	餮
とう Hyōgai	てつ Hyōgai
on'yomi

Noun

饕(とう)餮(てつ) • (tōtetsu)

a taotie
(figuratively) a brutal or covetous person

Derived terms

饕(とう)餮(てつ)文(もん) (tōtetsumon)

Korean

Hanja in this term
饕	餮

Noun

饕餮 • (docheol) (hangeul 도철)

hanja form^? of 도철 (“taotie”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
饕	餮

Noun

饕餮

chữ Hán form of thao thiết (“taotie”)