Wiktionary

獅子

See also: 狮子

Chinese edit

lion
 
child; son; (noun suffix)
child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (獅子) 獅 子
simp. (狮子) 狮 子
alternative forms 師子／师子
 
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Etymology edit

See 獅／狮 (shī).

Pronunciation edit

Rime
Character 獅 子
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 生 (21) 精 (13)
Final (韻) 脂 (17) 之 (19)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 疏夷切 即里切
Baxter srij tsiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʃˠiɪ/ /t͡sɨX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʃᵚi/ /t͡sɨX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ʃiɪ/ /t͡sieX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʂji/ /t͡sɨX/
Li
Rong 		/ʃji/ /t͡siəX/
Wang
Li 		/ʃi/ /t͡sĭəX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ʂi/ /t͡siX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		shī zǐ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		si1 zi2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 子 子
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		zǐ zǐ
Middle
Chinese 		‹ tsiX › ‹ tsiX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[ts]əʔ/ /*tsəʔ/
English 1st earthly branch child; gentleman, master

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 獅 子
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 11437 17857
Phonetic
component 		師 子
Rime
group 		脂 之
Rime
subdivision 		2 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		師 子
Old
Chinese 		/*sri/ /*ʔslɯʔ/
Notes 古作師
 
獅子

Noun edit

獅子

  1. lion (Classifier: 隻／只 m c; 頭／头 m)
  2. (Buddhism) bodhisattva
  3. (architecture) Short for 石獅子／石狮子 (shíshīzi, “foo dog”).

Synonyms edit

Dialectal synonyms of 獅子 (“lion”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 獅子, 獅
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 獅子
Mandarin Beijing 獅子
Taiwan 獅子
Ulanhot 獅子
Tongliao 獅子
Chifeng 獅子
Bayanhot 獅子
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 獅子
Harbin 獅子
Yantai (Muping) 獅子
Jinan 獅子
Wanrong 獅子
Zhengzhou 獅子
Xi'an 獅子
Yinchuan 獅子
Lanzhou 獅子
Xining 獅子
Ürümqi 獅子
Wuhan 獅子
Chengdu 獅子
Chongqing 獅子
Guiyang 獅子
Liuzhou 獅子
Xuzhou 獅子
Yangzhou 獅子
Nanjing 獅子
Hefei 獅子
Singapore 獅子
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 獅子
Cantonese Guangzhou 獅子
Hong Kong 獅子
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 獅子
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 獅子
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 獅仔
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 獅子
Macau 獅子
Guangzhou (Panyu) 獅子
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 獅子
Guangzhou (Conghua) 獅子
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 獅子
Foshan 獅子
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 獅子
Foshan (Shunde) 獅子
Foshan (Sanshui) 獅子
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 獅子
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 獅子
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 獅子
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 獅子
Zhuhai (Doumen) 獅子
Jiangmen (Baisha) 獅子
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 獅子
Taishan 獅子
Kaiping (Chikan) 獅子
Enping (Niujiang) 獅
Heshan (Yayao) 獅子
Dongguan 獅子
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 獅
Yangjiang 獅子
Danzhou 獅子
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 獅子
Singapore (Guangfu) 獅子
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 獅子
Gan Nanchang 獅子
Lichuan 獅仔
Hakka Meixian 獅仔
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 獅
Dongguan (Qingxi) 獅仔
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 獅仔
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 獅子
Wuhua (Huacheng) 獅哩
Conghua (Lütian) 獅子
Jiexi 獅
Luhe 獅
Yudu 獅子
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 獅仔
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 獅仔
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 獅仔
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 獅
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 獅仔
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 獅
Hong Kong 獅子
Senai (Huiyang) 獅子
Huizhou Jixi 獅
Jin Taiyuan 獅子
Xinzhou 獅子
Taibus (Baochang) 獅子
Linhe 獅子
Jining 獅子
Hohhot 獅子
Baotou 獅子
Dongsheng 獅子
Haibowan 獅子
Northern Min Jian'ou 獅子
Eastern Min Fuzhou 獅
Southern Min Xiamen 獅, 獅仔
Quanzhou 獅
Zhangzhou 獅, 獅仔
Zhao'an 獅
Kaohsiung 獅
Yilan 獅
Changhua (Lukang) 獅
Taichung 獅
Taichung (Wuqi) 獅
Tainan 獅
Taitung 獅
Hsinchu 獅
Penghu (Magong) 獅
Penang (Hokkien) 獅
Singapore (Hokkien) 獅, 獅仔
Manila (Hokkien) 獅, 獅仔
Chaozhou 獅
Shantou 獅
Jieyang 獅
Bangkok (Teochew) 獅
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 獅
Singapore (Teochew) 獅
Wenchang 獅
Haikou 獅
Puxian Min Putian 獅
Xianyou 獅
Central Min Yong'an 獅子
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 獅子
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 獅子
Wu Shanghai 獅子
Shanghai (Chongming) 獅子
Suzhou 獅子
Danyang 獅子
Hangzhou 獅子
Ningbo 獅子
Wenzhou 獅子
Jinhua 獅子
Xiang Changsha 獅子
Shuangfeng 獅子

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

Sino-Xenic (獅子):

Others:

Proper noun edit

獅子

  1. (astrology, astronomy) Short for 獅子座／狮子座 (Shīzizuò, “Leo”).
  2. (～鄉) Shizi (a mountain indigenous township in Pingtung County, Taiwan)

See also edit

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
獅 子
し
Jinmeiyō 		し
Grade: 1
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
師子

Etymology edit

From Middle Chinese 獅子 (ʃˠiɪ t͡sɨX, literally “lion + (diminutive suffix)”).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

獅(し)子(し) or 獅子(シシ) • (shishi) 

  1. Synonym of ライオン (raion, “lion”) (big cat Panthera leo)
    • 1999 July 5, “レオ・ウィザード [Leo Wizard]”, in BOOSTER 3, Konami:
      黒(くろ)いマントをはおった魔(ま)術(じゅつ)師(し)。正(しょう)体(たい)は言(こと)葉(ば)を話(はな)すシシ。
      Kuroi manto o haotta majutsushi. Shōtai wa kotoba o hanasu shishi.
      A wizard in a black cloak who is actually a talking lion.
    • 2007 October 20, Izawa, Hiroshi with Yamada, Kotaro, “最(さい)終(しゅう)話(わ)　それぞれの道(みち)へ”, in ファイアーエムブレム 覇者の剣 [Fire Emblem: Sword of Champions], Jump Remix edition, volume 5 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 350:
      若(わか)き獅(し)子(し)ロイ
      Wakaki Shishi Roi
      Roy, Young Lion
  2. (by extension from the notion of lions being "kings") the Buddha, a Buddha
  3. short for 獅子舞 (shishimai), a traditional Chinese lion dance
  4. short for 獅子頭 (shishigashira), the lion mask traditionally worn for the lion dance
  5. short for 除夜の獅子 (joya no shishi, “New Year's lion”), a person dressed in costume as for a lion dance who goes door to door begging on New Year's Eve
  6. a guardian statue commonly found outside temples and shrines, often with a komainu statue, the tradition for which is said to have come over from the Korean peninsula

Usage notes edit

This term is generally not used in modern Japanese when referring to the animal; the English-derived ライオン (raion) is typically used instead.

Synonyms edit

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Proper noun edit

獅(し)子(し) • (Shishi) 

  1. the name of the lion dance 囃子 (hayashi, “musical accompaniment”) in various noh and kabuki plays
  2. the first piece of music played in a 伎楽 (gigaku) performance (more commonly spelled 師子)

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

Korean edit

Hanja in this term
獅子

Noun edit

獅子 • (saja) (hangeul 사자)

  1. Hanja form? of 사자 (“lion”).

Vietnamese edit

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
獅子

Noun edit

獅子

  1. chữ Hán form of sư tử (“lion”).
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