獅子

See 獅／狮 (shī).

獅子

1. lion (Classifier: 隻／只 m c; 頭／头 m)
2. (Buddhism) bodhisattva
3. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (architecture) Short for 石獅子／石狮子 (shíshīzi, “foo dog”).

   • 趕快改改風水，在門口安裝一對獅子吧。 [MSC, trad.]
     赶快改改风水，在门口安装一对狮子吧。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1997, 邱傑, 《台灣黑白切》, page 46

     Gǎnkuài gǎigǎi fēngshuǐ, zài ménkǒu ānzhuāng yī duì shīzi ba. [Pinyin]

     Quickly change the fengshui; let's install a pair of foo dogs at the entrance.

   • 在清代，只有身為皇家貴族或官至某高品級才可以在門口放獅子，否則只有在官衙門等「尊貴」之地才可放獅子。 [MSC, trad.]
     在清代，只有身为皇家贵族或官至某高品级才可以在门口放狮子，否则只有在官衙门等“尊贵”之地才可放狮子。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2010, 蔣匡文, 《建築師揀樓智慧》, page 98

     Zài Qīngdài, zhǐyǒu shēnwéi huángjiā guìzú huò guān zhì mǒu gāo pǐnjí cái kěyǐ zài ménkǒu fàng shīzi, fǒuzé zhǐyǒu zài guānyá mén děng “zūnguì” zhī dì cái kě fàng shīzi. [Pinyin]

     In the Qing dynasty, only the royalty and nobility or officials of certain high ranks could put foo dogs at their entrance, otherwise foo dogs were only put in "honourable" places such as the entrance of a yamen.

獅子

1. (astrology, astronomy) Short for 獅子座／狮子座 (Shīzizuò, “Leo”).
2. (～鄉) Shizi (a mountain indigenous township in Pingtung, Taiwan)

• 老虎 (lǎohǔ)
• 獅虎／狮虎 (shīhǔ)

• 師子

From Middle Chinese 獅子 (ʃˠiɪ t͡sɨ^X, literally “lion + (diminutive suffix)”).

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) し​し [shíꜜshì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ɕi̥ɕi]

獅子 (hiragana しし, katakana シシ, rōmaji shishi)

1. Synonym of ライオン (raion, “lion”) (big cat Panthera leo)
   • 1999 July 5, “レオ・ウィザード [Leo Wizard]”, in BOOSTER 3, Konami:

     黒 (くろ)いマントをはおった魔 (ま)術 (じゅつ)師 (し)。正 (しょう)体 (たい)は言 (こと)葉 (ば)を話 (はな)すシシ。

     Kuroi manto o haotta majutsushi. Shōtai wa kotoba o hanasu shishi.

     A wizard in a black cloak who is actually a talking lion.

   • 2007 October 20, Izawa, Hiroshi; Yamada, Kotaro, “最さい終しゅう話わ　それぞれの道みちへ [Final Chapter: Epilog]”, in ファイアーエムブレム 覇者の剣 [Fire Emblem: Sword of Champions], volume 5 (fiction), Jump Remix edition, Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 350:

     若 (わか)き獅 (し)子 (し)ロイ

     Wakaki Shishi Roi

     Roy, Young Lion

2. (by extension from the notion of lions being "kings") the Buddha, a Buddha
3. short for 獅子舞 (shishimai), a traditional Chinese lion dance
4. short for 獅子頭 (shishigashira), the lion mask traditionally worn for the lion dance
5. short for 除夜の獅子 (joya no shishi, “New Year's lion”), a person dressed in costume as for a lion dance who goes door to door begging on New Year's Eve
6. a guardian statue commonly found outside temples and shrines, often with a komainu statue, the tradition for which is said to have come over from the Korean peninsula

• (animal): ライオン (raion)
• (Buddha): 仏 (ほとけ) (hotoke)

• 獅子猿 (ししざる) (shishizaru): lion tamarin

• (statue): 狛犬 (こまいぬ) (komainu)

獅子 (hiragana しし, rōmaji Shishi)

1. the name of the lion dance 囃子 (hayashi, “musical accompaniment”) in various noh and kabuki plays
2. the first piece of music played in a 伎楽 (gigaku) performance (more commonly spelled 師子)

• 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan

獅子

1. Hán tự form of sư tử (“lion”).