貏豸

Chinese

			beast with long backbone; legless insect
simp. and trad. (貏豸)		貏	豸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǐzhì

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ ㄓˋ

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• 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/

Adjective

貏豸

1. (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,