狸狌

Chinese

		raccoon dog; leopard cat
simp. and trad. (狸狌)		狸	狌

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): líshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˊ ㄕㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: líshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˊ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lísheng
    • Wade–Giles: li²-shêng¹
    • Yale: lí-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lisheng
    • Palladius: лишэн (lišɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

狸狌

1. (literary) wildcat; stray cat

   • 騏驥驊騮，一日而馳千里，捕鼠不如狸狌，言殊技也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     骐骥骅骝，一日而驰千里，捕鼠不如狸狌，言殊技也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Qíjì huáliú, yī rì ér chí qiān lǐ, bǔ shǔ bù rú líshēng, yán shū jì yě. [Pinyin]

     The (horses) Qi-ji and Hua-liu could in one day gallop 1000 li, but for catching rats they were not equal to a wildcat – the gifts of creatures are different.

Synonyms

• 野貓／野猫 (yěmāo)