河東獅子

Chinese

		Hedong Commandery	lion; Buddha; bodhisattva
trad. (河東獅子)		河東	獅子
simp. (河东狮子)		河东	狮子

Etymology

See 河東獅吼／河东狮吼 (hédōng-shīhǒu).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hédōngshīzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄉㄨㄥ ㄕ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ho⁴ dung¹ si¹ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hédōngshīzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄉㄨㄥ ㄕ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hédongshihzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: ho²-tung¹-shih¹-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: hé-dūng-shr̄-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herdongshy.tzy
    • Palladius: хэдуншицзы (xɛdunšiczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ho⁴ dung¹ si¹ zi²
    • Yale: hòh dūng sī jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ho⁴ dung¹ si¹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ho⁴ dung¹ xi¹ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː²¹ tʊŋ⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

Idiom

河東獅子

1. an overbearing wife (whose henpecking is comparable to a lioness's roar)

Descendants

• → Vietnamese: sư tử Hà Đông (calque)