初生之犢不畏虎

See also: 初生之犊不畏虎

Chinese

		newborn calf; simple or daring young person	not; no	to fear	tiger
trad. (初生之犢不畏虎)		初生之犢	不	畏	虎
simp. (初生之犊不畏虎)		初生之犊	不	畏	虎
Literally: “A newborn calf is not afraid of a tiger.”

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chū shēng zhī dú bù wèi hǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨ ㄕㄥ ㄓ ㄉㄨˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄟˋ ㄏㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): co¹ sang¹ zi¹ duk⁶ bat¹ wai³ fu² / co¹ sang¹ zi¹ zuk⁶ bat¹ wai³ fu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chū shēng zhī dú bù wèi hǔ [Phonetic: chū shēng zhī dú bú wèi hǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨ ㄕㄥ ㄓ ㄉㄨˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄟˋ ㄏㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chu sheng jhih dú bù wèi hǔ
    • Wade–Giles: chʻu¹ shêng¹ chih¹ tu² pu⁴ wei⁴ hu³
    • Yale: chū shēng jr̄ dú bù wèi hǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chu sheng jy dwu bu wey huu
    • Palladius: чу шэн чжи ду бу вэй ху (ču šɛn čži du bu vɛj xu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ tu³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: co¹ sang¹ zi¹ duk⁶ bat¹ wai³ fu² / co¹ sang¹ zi¹ zuk⁶ bat¹ wai³ fu²
    • Yale: chō sāng jī duhk bāt wai fú / chō sāng jī juhk bāt wai fú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tso¹ sang¹ dzi¹ duk⁹ bat⁷ wai³ fu² / tso¹ sang¹ dzi¹ dzuk⁹ bat⁷ wai³ fu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: co¹ seng¹ ji¹ dug⁶ bed¹ wei³ fu² / co¹ seng¹ ji¹ zug⁶ bed¹ wei³ fu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ tʊk̚² pɐt̚⁵ wɐi̯³³ fuː³⁵/, /t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ t͡sʊk̚² pɐt̚⁵ wɐi̯³³ fuː³⁵/

Proverb

初生之犢不畏虎

1. A young person is often fearless and willing to take risks.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 初生之犢不畏虎 (“A young person is often fearless and willing to take risks.”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		初生之犢不畏虎, 初生之犢不怕虎, 初生牛犢不怕虎, 初生之犢不懼虎
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	初生牛犢兒不怕虎
	Taiwan	初生之犢不畏虎, 初生之犢不怕虎
	Singapore	初生之犢不畏虎, 初生之犢不怕虎
Cantonese	Hong Kong	初生之犢不畏虎
Southern Min	Xiamen	牛仔毋捌虎
	Quanzhou	牛仔毋捌虎
	Zhangzhou	牛仔毋捌虎
	Tainan	青盲牛毋捌虎
	Singapore (Hokkien)	牛囝毋捌虎, 牛仔毋捌虎, 鳥囝毋捌lastic
	Jieyang	牛囝唔捌虎
	Singapore (Teochew)	牛囝唔捌虎, 鳥囝唔捌lastic
	Singapore (Hainanese)	牛囝無驚虎