狴犴

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bì'àn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bai⁶ ngon⁶
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): bi² ngang⁶

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• 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
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bi² ngang⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pí ngăng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵²⁻³⁵ ŋaŋ³⁵/

Noun

狴犴

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

Derived terms

• 狂吠狴犴