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贔屭

贔屭

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Chinese

		able to support great weight	gigantic strength
trad. (贔屭/贔屓)		贔	屭/屓
simp. (赑屃)		赑	屃

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贔屭 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
贔屭 (Cantonese)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bìxì

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄒㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bei⁶ hei³ / bei⁶ ai³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): pī-hí

(Teochew, Peng'im): bi⁶ hi³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bìxì
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄒㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bìsì
  - Wade–Giles: pi⁴-hsi⁴
  - Yale: bì-syì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihshih
  - Palladius: биси (bisi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bei⁶ hei³ / bei⁶ ai³
  - Yale: beih hei / beih ai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bei⁶ hei³ / bei⁶ ai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: béi⁶ héi³ / béi⁶ ei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯²² hei̯³³/, /pei̯²² ɐi̯³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pī-hí
  - Tâi-lô: pī-hí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pixhie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pi²²⁻²¹ hi⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pi⁴¹⁻²² hi⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi²²⁻²¹ hi⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pi³³⁻¹¹ hi⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi³³⁻²¹ hi⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bi⁶ hi³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pĭ hì
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi³⁵⁻¹¹ hi²¹³/

Noun

贔屭

(Chinese mythology) bixi (a mythological turtlelike animal)
1. creature that is said to like carrying heavy weights, whose statue is seen under steles
  Synonyms: 霸下 (bàxià), 𧈢𧏡 (bàxià), 龜趺／龟趺 (guīfū), 負屭／负屃
2. (uncommon) creature that is said to like literature, whose statue is seen on the sides of the steles
  Synonyms: 螭虎 (chīhǔ), 負屭／负屃

Coordinate terms

("sons of the dragon", creatures found in decorations): 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), 狴犴 (bì'àn), 椒圖／椒图 (jiāotú), 金吾 (jīnwú), 囚牛 (qiúniú)

Adjective

贔屭

(literary) strenuous; with a lot of strength