風獅爺

風獅爺

Chinese

		wind; news; style wind; news; style; custom; manner	lion	grandpa; etc.; old gentleman
trad. (風獅爺)		風	獅	爺
simp. (风狮爷)		风	狮	爷
Literally: “wind lion god”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Fēngshīyé

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄥ ㄕ ㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fung¹ si¹ je⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Fēngshīyé
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄥ ㄕ ㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Fongshihyé
    • Wade–Giles: Fêng¹-shih¹-yeh²
    • Yale: Fēng-shr̄-yé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Fengshyye
    • Palladius: Фэншие (Fɛnšije)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ jɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: fung¹ si¹ je⁴
    • Yale: fūng sī yèh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fung¹ si¹ je⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fung¹ xi¹ yé⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊŋ⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵ jɛː²¹/

Proper noun

風獅爺

1. (religion) Shisa; Wind Lion God