taotie

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taotie

/taʊˈtjeɪ/

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Borrowed from Mandarin 饕餮 (tāotiè).

noun taoties · taotie · tao-tieh

A motif depicting a gluttonous ogre, commonly found on Chinese ritual bronze vessels from the Shang and Zhou Dynasty. The pot in figure 49 is very high-fired stoneware with a gray body burnt brown on the exterior where exposed to the flame. It has large t’ao t’ieh masks on the handles and a shape which resembles that of the bronze hsien.

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noun motif depicting a gluttonous ogre

한국어	도철 docheol
日本語	饕餮 tōtetsu
中文	饕餮 tāotiè
Русский	таоте́ taoté
Tiếng Việt	thao thiết

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@misc{taotie_2026,
  title = {taotie},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/taotie},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}