石獅子

See also: 石狮子

Chinese

		rock; stone; 10 pecks	lion; bodhisattva
trad. (石獅子)		石	獅子
simp. (石狮子)		石	狮子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shíshīzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄕ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sek⁶ si¹ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shíshīzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄕ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíhshihzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: shih²-shih¹-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: shŕ-shr̄-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrshy.tzy
    • Palladius: шишицзы (šišiczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sek⁶ si¹ zi²
    • Yale: sehk sī jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sek⁹ si¹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ség⁶ xi¹ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛːk̚² siː⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 石獅子

1. (architecture) foo dog (a stone guardian lion traditionally placed at the entrances of imperial palaces and tombs, temples, etc.)

Synonyms

• 石獅／石狮 (shíshī), 獅子／狮子 (shīzi), 獅／狮 (shī)