# 饕餮
## Chinese

* 饕餮 (Written Standard Chinese)
* taotie (English)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): tāotiè
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄠ ㄊㄧㄝˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): tou$^1$ tit$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tho-thiat
    (Teochew, Peng'im): tao$^1$ tiêg$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tāotiè
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄠ ㄊㄧㄝˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: taotiè
*** Wade–Giles: tʻao$^1$-tʻieh$^4$
*** Yale: tāu-tyè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tautieh
*** Palladius: таоте (taote)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: tou$^1$ tit$^3$
*** Yale: tōu tit
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tou$^1$ tit$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: tou$^1$ tid$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰou̯⁵⁵ tʰiːt̚³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tho-thiat
*** Tâi-lô: tho-thiat
*** Phofsit Daibuun: toi'tiad
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tʰo⁴⁴⁻²² tʰiɛt̚³²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰo³³ tʰiɛt̚⁵/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰo⁴⁴⁻²² tʰiɛt̚³²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tʰo⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰiɛt̚³²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰiɛt̚³²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: tao$^1$ tiêg$^4$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thau thiek
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰau³³⁻²³ tʰiek̚²/
* Middle Chinese: thaw thet
Rime :
| Character | 饕 | 餮 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 透 (6) | 透 (6) |
| Final (韻) | 豪 (89) | 屑 (87) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | IV |
| Fanqie | 土刀切 | 他結切 |
| Baxter | thaw | thet |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /tʰɑu/ | /tʰet̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /tʰɑu/ | /tʰet̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /tʰɑu/ | /tʰɛt̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /tʰaw/ | /tʰɛt̚/ |
| Li Rong | /tʰɑu/ | /tʰet̚/ |
| Wang Li | /tʰɑu/ | /tʰiet̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /tʰɑu/ | /tʰiet̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | tāo | tie |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | tou$^1$ | tit$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[tʰ]ˤaw [tʰ]ˤət/
    (Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰaːw r̥ʰɯːd/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 饕 | 餮 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | tāo | tiè |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ thaw › | ‹ thet › |
| Old Chinese | /*[tʰ]ˁaw/ | /*[tʰ]ˁət/ |
| English | 饕餮 thaw.thet glutton | 饕餮 thaw.thet glutton |
| 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 | 饕 | 餮 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 4915 | 17108 |
| Phonetic component | 号 | 疹 |
| Rime group | 宵 | 物 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 饕 | 鐵 |
| Old Chinese | /*l̥ʰaːw/ | /*r̥ʰɯːd/ |
| Notes | | 說文作飻 |

### Noun

饕餮
* (Chinese mythology) taotie (legendary gluttonous animal)
* (～紋) taotie (stylized design frequently found on ancient bronzes)
* (figurative) gourmand; glutton; voracious eater
* (figurative) fierce and greedy person

#### Coordinate terms

* ("sons of the dragon", creatures found in decorations): 贔屭／赑屃 (bìxì), 霸下 (bàxià), 𧈢𧏡 (bàxià), 螭虎 (chīhǔ), 蜥蜴 (xīyì), 睚眥／睚眦 (yázì), 鴟吻／鸱吻 (chīwěn), 虭蛥 (diāoshé), 嘲風／嘲风 (cháofēng), 狻猊 (suānní), 蒲牢 (púláo), 狴犴 (bì'àn), 椒圖／椒图 (jiāotú), 金吾 (jīnwú), 囚牛 (qiúniú)

#### Derived terms

* 檮杌饕餮／梼杌饕餮
* 貪如饕餮／贪如饕餮 (tānrútāotiè)
* 饕餮之徒
* 饕餮紋／饕餮纹

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 饕 | 餮 |
| とう Hyōgai | てつ Hyōgai |
| on'yomi ||

### Noun

饕(とう)餮(てつ) • (tōtetsu)
* a taotie
* (figuratively) a brutal or covetous person

#### Derived terms

* 饕(とう)餮(てつ)文(もん) (tōtetsumon)

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 饕 | 餮 |

### Noun

饕餮 • (docheol) (hangeul 도철)
* hanja form of 도철 (“taotie”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 饕 | 餮 |

### Noun

饕餮
* chữ Hán form of thao thiết (“taotie”).