The ten ancient ferocious beasts were: 1 Taotie (tāo tiè)-pronounced "taoti" 2. Demons and Demons (mèi mÜ wén wén)-pronounced "mei mei wén wén" 3 Demon Ba (mèi xwán)--pronounced as "mei xwán" 4 Mandrill (fāi)-pronounced "fāi" 5. Ghosts and Wangliang (hāo mèi wén wén)--pronounced as "hāo mèi wén wén" 6 Gluttony (tiè)-pronounced "tiè" 7 Howling Corpsedog-Pronounced as "sāi zhgu" 8 (gāng píng)--pronounced "gāng píng" 9 Crocodile (é yáo)-pronounced "é yáo" 10 Salamander (dāo)-pronounced as "dāo" The annotation method was that each syllable corresponded to a Chinese character.