狴犴

Chinese

		(tapir)	jail
simp. and trad. (狴犴)		狴	犴

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bì'àn

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bai⁶ ngon⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bì'àn
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄢˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihann
  - IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ˀän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bai⁶ ngon⁶
  - Yale: baih ngohn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bai⁶ ngon⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: bei⁶ ngon⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /pɐi̯²² ŋɔːn²²/

Noun

狴犴

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

Derived terms

狂吠狴犴

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