# 舞獅
## Chinese

* 舞獅

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wǔshī
    (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄕ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mou$^5$ si$^1$
* Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): mong$^6$ sai$^1$ / mou$^6$ sai$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wǔshī
*** Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄕ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wǔshih
*** Wade–Giles: wu$^3$-shih$^1$
*** Yale: wǔ-shr̄
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuushy
*** Palladius: уши (uši)
*** Sinological IPA : /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mou$^5$ si$^1$
*** Yale: móuh sī
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mou$^5$ si$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mou$^5$ xi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /mou̯¹³ siː⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: mong$^6$ sai$^1$ / mou$^6$ sai$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mŏng sai / mŏu sai
*** Sinological IPA : /moŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ sai³³/, /mou³⁵⁻¹¹ sai³³/
* mong6 sai1 - Chaozhou;
* mou6 sai1 - Jieyang.

### Verb

舞獅
* to perform a lion dance (traditional Chinese dance where performers mimic a lion's movements in a lion costume)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 舞獅 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 耍獅子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 舞獅 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 耍獅子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 舞獅子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 耍獅子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 耍獅子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 舞獅子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 耍獅子, 打獅子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 耍獅子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 耍獅子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 耍獅子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 耍獅子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 耍獅子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 耍獅子, 滾獅子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 舞獅 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 耍獅子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 耍獅子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 耍獅子豹 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 耍獅子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 耍獅子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 玩獅子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 玩獅子, 舞獅子, 耍獅子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 耍獅子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 耍獅子, 滾獅子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 耍獅子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 耍獅子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 耍獅子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 耍獅子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 耍獅子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 耍獅子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 玩獅子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 耍獅子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 舞獅 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 耍獅子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 玩獅子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 玩獅子, 打獅子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 玩獅子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 玩獅子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 耍獅子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 耍獅子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 耍獅子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 耍獅子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 舞獅子, 玩獅子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 滾獅子, 玩獅子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 耍獅子, 滾獅子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 耍獅子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 耍獅子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 耍獅子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 耍獅子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 耍獅子, 舞獅子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 耍獅子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 耍獅子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 耍獅子, 滾獅子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 耍獅子, 耍獅燈 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 耍獅子, 耍獅燈兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 耍獅子, 舞獅子, 玩獅子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 玩獅子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 耍獅子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 滾獅子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 玩獅子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 舞獅子, 耍獅子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 耍獅子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 耍獅子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 玩獅子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 耍獅子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 耍獅子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 耍獅子, 舞獅子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 耍獅子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 舞獅, 耍獅子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 舞獅子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 舞獅子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 玩獅子, 滾獅子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 耍獅子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 玩獅子, 舞獅子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 玩獅子, 舞獅子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 玩獅子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 玩獅子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 舞獅子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 舞獅子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 耍獅子, 玩獅子燈 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 玩獅子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huanggang | 打獅子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 玩獅子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 舞獅 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 舞獅 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 舞獅公 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 舞獅 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 舞獅 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 舞獅 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 舞獅 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 舞獅 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 舞獅 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 舞獅 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 舞獅 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 舞獅子 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 舞獅 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 舞獅 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 耍獅子 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 舞獅 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 舞獅 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 舞獅 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 舞獅 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 舞獅 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 舞獅 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 舞獅 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 舞獅 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 舞獅子 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 舞獅 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 舞獅頭 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 舞獅仔 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 舞獅 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 舞獅仔 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 舞獅子 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) | 舞獅子 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 舞獅頭, 舞獅 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 舞獅 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 打獅頭 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 舞獅頭 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 舞獅 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 舞獅子 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 舞獅子 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 舞獅 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 舞獅 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 舞獅子 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 舞獅 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 舞獅 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 舞獅 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 舞獅 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 舞獅 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 舞獅 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 舞獅子 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 舞獅子 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 舞獅子 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 舞獅子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 跳獅仔, 滾獅仔 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 打獅頭, 舞金獅 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 舞獅 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 舞獅仔 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 舞獅仔 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 舞獅仔, 耍獅仔 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 耍獅仔 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 舞獅哩 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 舞獅 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 打獅, 弄獅 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 打獅, 弄獅, 弄獅頭 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 打獅, 撐獅 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 打獅, 弄獅 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 打獅, 撐獅 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 弄獅 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 舞獅 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 參獅 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 舞獅 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 舞獅 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 耍獅子 |
| Jin | Taiyuan (Jiancaoping) | 耍獅子 |
| Jin | Taiyuan (Jinyuan) | 耍獅子 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 耍獅子 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 耍獅子 |
| Jin | Datong | 耍獅子 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 耍獅子 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 裝獅子 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 耍獅子 |
| Jin | Linhe | 耍獅子 |
| Jin | Jining | 耍獅子 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 耍獅子 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 耍獅子 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 耍獅子 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 耍獅子 |
| Jin | Handan | 耍獅子 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 耍獅哦 |
| Jin | Suide | 耍獅子 |
| Jin | Shenmu | 耍獅子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 𢫦獅 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 舞獅 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 拍獅 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 弄獅 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 弄獅, 刣獅 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 拍獅, 弄獅 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 弄獅, 拍獅 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 弄獅 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 跋獅 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 舞獅 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 弄獅 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 弄獅 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 弄獅 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 弄獅 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 弄獅 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 弄獅 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 弄獅 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 弄獅 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 弄獅 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 弄獅 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 舞弄獅 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 弄獅 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 弄獅 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 跋獅 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 跋獅 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 舞獅子 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 舞獅 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 舞虎獅 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 舞虎獅 |
| Southern Min | Nan'ao (Houzhai) | 舞虎獅 |
| Southern Min | Nan'ao (Yun'ao) | 舞虎獅 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 舞虎獅, 舞獅 |
| Southern Min | Puning | 舞虎獅 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 舞獅 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 舞獅 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 舞獅 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 耍獅囝 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 舞獅子, 舞獅 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 調獅子 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 舞獅子, 滾繡球 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 調獅子 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 調獅子 |
| Wu | Danyang | 舞獅子 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 調獅子 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 滾獅子 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 舞獅子 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 調獅子 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 跌獅子兒 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 耍獅子, 玩獅子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 耍獅子 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 耍獅子 |

#### Related terms

* 獅子舞／狮子舞 (shīziwǔ)
* 狮舞
* 醒獅 / 醒狮 (xǐngshī)