狐藉虎威

Chinese

		fox	by means of; in disorder	tiger	power; might; prestige
trad. (狐藉虎威)		狐	藉	虎	威
simp. (狐借虎威)		狐	借	虎	威
Literally: “the fox exploits the tiger's might”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hújièhǔwēi

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄏㄨˇ ㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu⁴ ze³ fu² wai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hújièhǔwēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄏㄨˇ ㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hújièhǔwei
    • Wade–Giles: hu²-chieh⁴-hu³-wei¹
    • Yale: hú-jyè-hǔ-wēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwujiehhuuuei
    • Palladius: хуцзехувэй (xuczexuvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wu⁴ ze³ fu² wai¹
    • Yale: wùh je fú wāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu⁴ dze³ fu² wai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wu⁴ zé³ fu² wei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː²¹ t͡sɛː³³ fuː³⁵ wɐi̯⁵⁵/

Idiom

狐藉虎威

1. Alternative form of 狐假虎威 (hújiǎhǔwēi)

Descendants

• → Japanese: 虎の威を借る狐 (tora no i o karu kitsune) (partial calque)