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狴犴

狴犴

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Chinese

		(tapir); mythical tiger-like beast	jail
trad. (狴犴)		狴	犴
simp. ^#(狴犴)		狴	犴

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bì'àn

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bai⁶ ngon⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): pè-gān

(Teochew, Peng'im): bi² ngang⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bì'àn
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bì-àn
  - Wade–Giles: pi⁴-an⁴
  - Yale: bì-àn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihann
  - Palladius: биань (bianʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ˀän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bai⁶ ngon⁶
  - Yale: baih ngohn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bai⁶ ngon⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: bei⁶ ngon⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐi̯²² ŋɔːn²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pè-gān
  - Tâi-lô: pè-gān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pea'gan
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pe²¹⁻⁵³ ɡan²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pe⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ɡan⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pe²¹⁻⁵³ ɡan²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pe¹¹⁻⁵³ ɡan³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe²¹⁻⁴¹ ɡan³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bi² ngang⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pí ngăng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵²⁻³⁵ ŋaŋ³⁵/

Noun

狴犴

(literary, Chinese mythology) legendary tiger-like beast whose image used to be painted on prison doors
(literary, figurative) prison

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), 虭蛥 (diāoshé), 嘲風／嘲风 (cháofēng), 狻猊 (suānní), 蒲牢 (púláo), 椒圖／椒图 (jiāotú), 金吾 (jīnwú), 囚牛 (qiúniú)

Derived terms

狂吠狴犴

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