鴟吻

Chinese

		scops owl	kiss; mouth
trad. (鴟吻)		鴟	吻
simp. (鸱吻)		鸱	吻

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chīwěn

  (Zhuyin): ㄔ ㄨㄣˇ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhi-bún

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chīwěn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔ ㄨㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chihwǔn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih¹-wên³
    • Yale: chr̄-wěn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chywoen
    • Palladius: чивэнь (čivɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ wən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhi-bún
    • Tâi-lô: tshi-bún
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chi'buon
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰi⁴⁴⁻²² bun⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰi³³ bun⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰi⁴⁴⁻²² bun⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰi⁴⁴⁻³³ bun⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰi⁴⁴⁻³³ bun⁴¹/

Noun

鴟吻

1. ceramic ornament shaped like an owl's mouth open upward at either end of a roof ridge

Coordinate terms

• ("sons of the dragon", creatures found in decorations): 贔屭／赑屃 (bìxì), 霸下 (bàxià), 𧈢𧏡 (bàxià), 螭虎 (chīhǔ), 饕餮 (tāotiè), 蜥蜴 (xīyì), 睚眥／睚眦 (yázì), 鴟吻／鸱吻 (chīwěn), 虭蛥 (diāoshé), 嘲風／嘲风 (cháofēng), 狻猊 (suānní), 狴犴 (bì'àn), 椒圖／椒图 (jiāotú), 金吾 (jīnwú), 囚牛 (qiúniú)

Related terms

• 鴟尾／鸱尾 (chīwěi)