贔屭

贔屭

Chinese

		able to support great weight	gigantic strength
trad. (贔屭/贔屓)		贔	屭/屓
simp. (赑屃)		赑	屃

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìxì

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄒㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei⁶ hei³, bei⁶ ai³
• Min Nan (Teochew, Peng'im): bi⁶ hi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bìxì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄒㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìsì
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴-hsi⁴
    • Yale: bì-syì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihshih
    • Palladius: биси (bisi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bei⁶ hei³, bei⁶ ai³
    • Yale: beih hei, beih ai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei⁶ hei³, bei⁶ ai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi⁶ héi³, béi⁶ ei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯²² hei̯³³/, /pei̯²² ɐi̯³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bi⁶ hi³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pĭ hì
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi³⁵⁻¹¹ hi²¹³/

Noun

贔屭

1. (Chinese mythology) bixi (a mythological turtlelike animal)

   Synonym: 霸下

Adjective

贔屭

1. (literary) strenuous; with a lot of strength