老虎
Chinese
[edit]old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix) |
tiger | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (老虎) | 老 | 虎 | |
| simp. #(老虎) | 老 | 虎 | |
Etymology
[edit]老 (lǎo, “old; venerable”) is used to indicate respect for the dangerous animal, which is subject to taboo. Compare ancient Chu dialect 於菟.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nao3 fu3
- (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): làohu
- (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): лохў (lohw, I-II) / лохў (lohw, I-I)
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): lou5 fu2
- (Dongguan, Jyutping++): ngou5 fu2
- (Taishan, Wiktionary): lau1 fu2
- (Yangjiang, Jyutping++): lou2 fu2
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): lou5 fu2
- Gan (Wiktionary): lau3 'fu3
- Hakka
- Jin (Wiktionary): lau2 hu2
- Northern Min (KCR): lǎu-kǔ
- Eastern Min (BUC): lâu-hū
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): lao5 hou3
- Southern Min
- Wu (Northern, Wugniu): 6lau-hu5 / 2lau6-hou3
- Xiang
- (Changsha, Wiktionary): lau3 fu
- (Hengyang, Wiktionary): lau3 fu3
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: lǎohǔ [Phonetic: láohǔ]
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄏㄨˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: lǎohǔ
- Wade–Giles: lao3-hu3
- Yale: lǎu-hǔ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laohuu
- Palladius: лаоху (laoxu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: nao3 fu3
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: laofu
- Sinological IPA (key): /nau⁵³ fu⁵³/
- (Xi'an)
- Guanzhong Pinyin: làohu [Phonetic: lǎohu]
- Sinological IPA (key): /lau⁵³⁻²¹ xu/
- (Dungan)
- Cyrillic and Wiktionary: лохў (lohw, I-II) / лохў (lohw, I-I)
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɔ²⁴ xu⁵¹/, /lɔ²⁴ xu²⁴/
- (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: lou5 fu2
- Yale: lóuh fú
- Cantonese Pinyin: lou5 fu2
- Guangdong Romanization: lou5 fu2
- Sinological IPA (key): /lou̯¹³ fuː³⁵/
- (Dongguan, Guancheng)
- Jyutping++: ngou5 fu2
- Sinological IPA (key): /ŋɔu¹³ fu³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: lau1 fu2
- Sinological IPA (key): /lau³³ fu⁵⁵/
- (Yangjiang Yue, Jiangcheng)
- Jyutping++: lou2 fu2
- Sinological IPA (key): /lou²¹ fu²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: lau3 'fu3
- Sinological IPA (key): /lau²¹³⁻²⁴ ˈfu²¹³/
- (Nanchang)
- Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lo-fú
- Hakka Romanization System: lo fuˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: lo4 fu3
- Sinological IPA: /lo⁵⁵ fu³¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: no-fú
- Hakka Romanization System: no fuˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: no4 fu3
- Sinological IPA: /no⁵⁵ fu³¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: loˊ fuˊ
- Sinological IPA: /lo²⁴⁻³³ fu²⁴/
- (Meixian)
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: lau2 hu2
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /lau⁵³⁻¹¹ xu⁵³/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: lǎu-kǔ
- Sinological IPA (key): /lau²¹ kʰu²¹/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: lâu-hū
- Sinological IPA (key): /l̃au²⁴²⁻⁵³ (h-)u³³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: lao5 hou3 [Phonetic: lao5 ou3]
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: lāu-hô
- Sinological IPA (key): /lau²¹ (h-)ɔu⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: lao5 hou3 [Phonetic: lao5 ou3]
- Sinological IPA (key): /lau²¹ (h-)ɔu³³²/
- (Putian)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: láu-hó͘
- Tâi-lô: láu-hóo
- Phofsit Daibuun: law'hor
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔ⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /lau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hɔ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Penang, Singapore)
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: lao6 houn2
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lău hóuⁿ
- Sinological IPA (key): /lau³⁵⁻¹¹ hõũ⁵²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Wu
- Xiang
- (Changsha)
- Wiktionary: lau3 fu
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɒu̯⁴¹ ɸu³/
- (Hengyang)
- Wiktionary: lau3 fu3
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɑʊ̯³³ fu³³/
- (Changsha)
Noun
[edit]老虎
- tiger (Classifier: 隻／只 m c; 頭／头 m; 匹 m)
- (Yangzhou Mandarin) tractor
- (figurative) energy-consuming unit or machine
- 油老虎 ― yóu lǎohǔ ― a car that consumes much fuel
- (Mainland China, figurative) one who uses one's power and influence to engage in large-scale embezzlement, theft or tax evasion; high-ranking corrupt officials
Synonyms
[edit]Dialectal synonyms of 老虎 (“tiger”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 拖拉機 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 拖拉機 |
| Taiwan | 拖拉機 | |
| Chifeng | 拖拉機 | |
| Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 拖拉機 | |
| Harbin | 拖拉機, 鐵牛 | |
| Shenyang | 拖拉機, 鐵牛 | |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 拖拉機 |
| Tangshan | 拖拉機 | |
| Cangzhou | 拖拉機 | |
| Baoding | 拖拉機 | |
| Shijiazhuang | 拖拉機 | |
| Jinan | 拖拉機 | |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 拖拉機 |
| Qingdao | 拖拉機 | |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 拖拉機 |
| Zhengzhou | 拖拉機 | |
| Xi'an | 拖拉機 | |
| Xining | 拖拉機 | |
| Xuzhou | 拖拉機 | |
| Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 拖拉機, 特拉可多利, трактор | |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 拖拉機 |
| Lanzhou | 拖拉機 | |
| Ürümqi | 拖拉機 | |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 拖拉機, 打屁車 |
| Chongqing | 拖拉機 | |
| Wuhan | 拖拉機 | |
| Guiyang | 拖拉機 | |
| Kunming | 拖拉機 | |
| Guilin | 拖拉機 | |
| Liuzhou | 拖拉機 | |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 拖拉機 |
| Yangzhou | 拖拉機, 老虎 | |
| Nantong | 拖拉機 | |
| Hefei | 拖拉機 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 拖拉機 |
| Hong Kong | 拖拉機 | |
| Gan | Lichuan | 拖拉機 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 拖拉機 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 拖拉機 |
| Shexian | 拖拉機 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 拖拉機 |
| Xinzhou | 拖拉機, 鏈軌車 | |
| Linhe | 拖拉機 | |
| Jining | 拖拉機 | |
| Hohhot | 拖拉機 | |
| Zhangjiakou | 拖拉機 | |
| Handan | 拖拉機 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 拖拉機 |
| Quanzhou | 拖拉機 | |
| Zhangzhou | 拖拉機 | |
| Wu | Jinhua | 拖拉機 |
Coordinate terms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- 一二三四五，上山打老虎 (yī èr sān sì wǔ, shàngshān dǎ lǎohǔ)
- 今晚打老虎
- 冇牙老虎
- 吃了砒霜藥老虎 / 吃了砒霜药老虎
- 吃角子老虎
- 地老虎 (dìlǎohǔ)
- 小老虎 (xiǎolǎohǔ)
- 山上無老虎，猴子稱大王 / 山上无老虎，猴子称大王
- 山中無老虎，猴哥做大王 / 山中无老虎，猴哥做大王
- 打死老虎
- 打老虎
- 扮豬吃老虎 / 扮猪吃老虎 (bàn zhū chī lǎohǔ)
- 扮豬食老虎 / 扮猪食老虎
- 拿草棍兒戳老虎的鼻子眼兒 / 拿草棍儿戳老虎的鼻子眼儿
- 摸老虎屁股 (mō lǎohǔ pìgu)
- 東山老虎要吃人，西山老虎也要吃人 / 东山老虎要吃人，西山老虎也要吃人
- 死老虎
- 母老虎 (mǔlǎohǔ)
- 油老虎 (yóulǎohǔ)
- 灶前老虎
- 直頭老虎 / 直头老虎
- 秋老虎 (qiūlǎohǔ)
- 紙老虎 / 纸老虎 (zhǐlǎohǔ)
- 老虎也會啄目睡 / 老虎也会啄目睡
- 老虎乸
- 老虎凳
- 老虎哥
- 老虎嘴上拔毛
- 老虎嘴裡拔牙 / 老虎嘴里拔牙
- 老虎囝
- 老虎屁股摸不得
- 老虎掛念佛珠 / 老虎挂念佛珠
- 老虎攤兒 / 老虎摊儿
- 老虎機 / 老虎机 (lǎohǔjī)
- 老虎灶
- 老虎牙
- 老虎狗 (lǎohǔgǒu)
- 老虎班
- 老虎生了翅膀一般
- 老虎皮
- 老虎窗 (lǎohǔchuāng)
- 老虎蟹 (lǎohǔxiè)
- 老虎車 / 老虎车
- 老虎鉗 / 老虎钳 (lǎohǔqián)
- 老虎頭上打蒼蠅 / 老虎头上打苍蝇
- 老虎頭上拍蒼蠅 / 老虎头上拍苍蝇
- 老虎頭上捉蝨嫲 / 老虎头上捉虱嫲
- 老虎頭上搔癢 / 老虎头上搔痒
- 老虎頭上撲蒼蠅 / 老虎头上扑苍蝇
- 老虎頭上釘蝨乸 / 老虎头上钉虱乸
- 雌老虎
- 電老虎 / 电老虎 (diànlǎohǔ)
- 騎上老虎 / 骑上老虎
- 騎著老虎過海 / 骑著老虎过海
See also
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