生龍活虎

See also: 生龙活虎

Chinese

		to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	dragon; imperial; surname	to live; alive; living to live; alive; living; work; workmanship	tiger
trad. (生龍活虎)		生	龍	活	虎
simp. (生龙活虎)		生	龙	活	虎

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēnglónghuóhǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄏㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sang¹ lung⁴ wut⁶ fu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēnglónghuóhǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄏㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shenglónghuóhǔ
    • Wade–Giles: shêng¹-lung²-huo²-hu³
    • Yale: shēng-lúng-hwó-hǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenglonghwohuu
    • Palladius: шэнлунхоху (šɛnlunxoxu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ lʊŋ³⁵ xu̯ɔ³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sang¹ lung⁴ wut⁶ fu²
    • Yale: sāng lùhng wuht fú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sang¹ lung⁴ wut⁹ fu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: seng¹ lung⁴ wud⁶ fu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐŋ⁵⁵ lʊŋ²¹ wuːt̚² fuː³⁵/

Idiom

生龍活虎

1. energetic; spirited; lively

Synonyms

• 龍精虎猛／龙精虎猛 (lóngjīnghǔměng)