年獸

See also: 年兽

Chinese

		year	beast; quadruped
trad. (年獸)		年	獸
simp. (年兽)		年	兽

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niánshòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nin⁴ sau³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niánshòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: niánshòu
    • Wade–Giles: nien²-shou⁴
    • Yale: nyán-shòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nianshow
    • Palladius: няньшоу (njanʹšou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛn³⁵ ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: nin⁴ sau³
    • Yale: nìhn sau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nin⁴ sau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: nin⁴ seo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niːn²¹ sɐu̯³³/

Noun

年獸

1. "nian", a beast which, in Chinese mythology, comes out of hiding and attacks people near the Chinese New Year