狴犴

Chinese

		(tapir); mythical tiger-like beast	jail
trad. (狴犴)		狴	犴
simp. ^#(狴犴)		狴	犴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bì'àn
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bì-àn
  - Wade–Giles: pi⁴-an⁴
  - Yale: bì-àn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihann
  - Palladius: биань (bianʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ˀän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bai⁶ ngon⁶
  - Yale: baih ngohn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bai⁶ ngon⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: bei⁶ ngon⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐi̯²² ŋɔːn²²/
Southern Min
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bi² ngang⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pí ngăng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵²⁻³⁵ ŋaŋ³⁵/

狴犴

(literary, Chinese mythology) legendary tiger-like beast whose image used to be painted on prison doors
(literary, figurative) prison

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