放紙虎

Chinese

		to release; to free; to let go to release; to free; to let go; to put; to place; to let out	paper	tiger
trad. (放紙虎)		放	紙	虎
simp. (放纸虎)		放	纸	虎
Literally: “to distribute paper tigers”.

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pàng-chóa-hó͘

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pàng-chóa-hó͘
    • Tâi-lô: pàng-tsuá-hóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: parngzoafhor
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /paŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sua⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /paŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔ⁵³/

Verb

放⫽紙虎 (verb-object)

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to defame someone through leaflets, posters, etc.; to blackmail someone

References

• “Entry #14097”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.