狸狌

Chinese

		raccoon dog; leopard cat
simp. and trad. (狸狌)		狸	狌

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): líshēng

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˊ ㄕㄥ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: líshēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˊ ㄕㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lísheng
  - Wade–Giles: li²-shêng¹
  - Yale: lí-shēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lisheng
  - Palladius: лишэн (lišɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

狸狌

(literary) wildcat; stray cat
- 騏驥驊騮，一日而馳千里，捕鼠不如狸狌，言殊技也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  骐骥骅骝，一日而驰千里，捕鼠不如狸狌，言殊技也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Qíjì huáliú, yī rì ér chí qiān lǐ, bǔ shǔ bù rú líshēng, yán shū jì yě. [Pinyin]
  The (horses) Qi-ji and Hua-liu could in one day gallop 1000 li, but for catching rats they were not equal to a wildcat – the gifts of creatures are different.

Synonyms

野貓／野猫 (yěmāo)

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