獅子頭

Chinese

		lion; Buddha; bodhisattva	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (獅子頭)		獅子	頭
simp. (狮子头)		狮子	头

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shīzitóu

(Zhuyin): ㄕ ˙ㄗㄊㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ zi² tau⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sai-á-thâu
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹sy-tsy-deu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shīzitóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄕ ˙ㄗㄊㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shihzi̊htóu
  - Wade–Giles: shih¹-tzŭ⁵-tʻou²
  - Yale: shr̄-dz-tóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shy.tzytour
  - Palladius: шицзытоу (šiczytou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩² tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: si¹ zi² tau⁴
  - Yale: sī jí tàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ dzi² tau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ ji² teo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sai-á-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: sai-á-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sai'aftaau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sai⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sai³³ a⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sai⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sai⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sai⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹sy-tsy-deu
  - MiniDict: sy^平 tsy deu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹sr-tsr-deu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sz̩⁵⁵ t͡sz̩³³ dɤ²¹/

Noun

獅子頭

(literally) lion's head
lion's head (Chinese dish consisting of pork meatballs stewed with vegetables)
lion head (symbol of Singapore)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 獅子頭 (“lion's head (meatball)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		獅子頭
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	獅子頭
Central Plains Mandarin	Xuzhou	獅子頭
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	獅子頭
	Yangzhou	獅子頭, 大劗肉
	Nantong	獅子頭
Cantonese	Hong Kong	獅子頭, 獅子球
Southern Min	Xiamen	獅仔頭
Wu	Shanghai	獅子頭
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	獅子頭, 大肉圓
	Shanghai (Chongming)	獅子頭
	Suzhou	獅子頭
	Danyang	獅子頭
	Hangzhou	獅子頭
	Ningbo	獅子頭

Japanese

Kanji in this term
獅	子	頭
し Jinmeiyō	し Grade: 1	かしら > がしら Grade: 2
on'yomi		kun'yomi

Noun

獅(し)子(し)頭(がしら) or 獅子頭(シシガシラ) • (shishigashira)

wooden lion head mask used in lion dance
Blechnum nipponicum, a species of hard fern
varieties of goldfish with large heads such as ranchu
small toy lion head mask

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).