畫虎不成反類犬

See also: 画虎不成反类犬

Chinese

		draw; picture; painting	tiger	to not form; to not constitute; unsuccessful	wrong side out or up; anti-	kind; type; class kind; type; class; category; similar; like; to resemble	dog
trad. (畫虎不成反類犬)		畫	虎	不成	反	類	犬
simp. (画虎不成反类犬)		画	虎	不成	反	类	犬
Literally: “to try to draw a tiger and end up with the likeness of a dog”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huà hǔ bùchéng fǎn lèi quǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄏㄨˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄈㄢˇ ㄌㄟˋ ㄑㄩㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waak⁶ fu² bat¹ sing⁴ faan² leoi⁶ hyun²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huà hǔ bùchéng fǎn lèi quǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄏㄨˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄈㄢˇ ㄌㄟˋ ㄑㄩㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huà hǔ bùchéng fǎn lèi cyuǎn
    • Wade–Giles: hua⁴ hu³ pu⁴-chʻêng² fan³ lei⁴ chʻüan³
    • Yale: hwà hǔ bù-chéng fǎn lèi chywǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huah huu bucherng faan ley cheuan
    • Palladius: хуа ху бучэн фань лэй цюань (xua xu bučɛn fanʹ lɛj cjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵¹ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ fän²¹⁴⁻²¹ leɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waak⁶ fu² bat¹ sing⁴ faan² leoi⁶ hyun²
    • Yale: waahk fú bāt sìhng fáan leuih hyún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waak⁹ fu² bat⁷ sing⁴ faan² loey⁶ hyn²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wag⁶ fu² bed¹ xing⁴ fan² lêu⁶ hün²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːk̚² fuː³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ sɪŋ²¹ faːn³⁵ lɵy̯²² hyːn³⁵/

Idiom

畫虎不成反類犬

1. to make a poor imitation

Synonyms

• 畫虎類犬／画虎类犬 (huàhǔlèiquǎn)
• 畫虎不成反類狗／画虎不成反类狗