鴟吻

Chinese

		scops owl	kiss; mouth
trad. (鴟吻)		鴟	吻
simp. (鸱吻)		鸱	吻

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chīwěn

  (Zhuyin): ㄔ ㄨㄣˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chīwěn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔ ㄨㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chihwǔn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih¹-wên³
    • Yale: chr̄-wěn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chywoen
    • Palladius: чивэнь (čivɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ wən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

鴟吻

1. ceramic ornament shaped like an owl's mouth open upward at either end of a roof ridge