石獅

See also: 石狮

Chinese

		rock; stone; 10 pecks	lion
trad. (石獅)		石	獅
simp. (石狮)		石	狮

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shíshī

(Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄕ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sek⁶ si¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sa̍k-sṳ̂
Eastern Min (BUC): siŏh-săi
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sieo⁷ sai¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chio̍h-sai

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shíshī
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄕ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shíhshih
  - Wade–Giles: shih²-shih¹
  - Yale: shŕ-shr̄
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrshy
  - Palladius: шиши (šiši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sek⁶ si¹
  - Yale: sehk sī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sek⁹ si¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ség⁶ xi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛːk̚² siː⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sa̍k-sṳ̂
  - Hakka Romanization System: sag sii^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sag⁶ si¹
  - Sinological IPA: /sak̚⁵ sɨ²⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: siŏh-săi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /suoʔ⁵⁻⁵⁵ ^(s-)lai⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: sieo⁷ sai¹ [Phonetic: sieo⁵ lai¹]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: sa̤u̍h-sai
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬieu¹³⁻¹¹ ^(ɬ-)lai⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: sieo⁷ sai¹ [Phonetic: sieo⁵ lai¹]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬieu²⁴⁻²¹ ^(ɬ-)lai⁵⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chio̍h-sai
  - Tâi-lô: tsio̍h-sai
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cioiqsay
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sio(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ sai⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sio(ʔ)²⁴⁻² sai³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sio(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ sai⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sio(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ sai⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ sai⁴⁴/

Noun

石獅

(architecture) foo dog (a stone guardian lion traditionally placed at the entrances of imperial palaces and tombs, temples, etc.)

Synonyms

石獅子／石狮子 (shíshīzi), 獅子／狮子 (shīzi), 獅／狮 (shī)

Proper noun

石獅

(～市) Shishi (a county-level city of Quanzhou, Fujian, China)

References

莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “石狮”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 490.
莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “石狮”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 659.