虎口

Chinese

		tiger	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
trad. (虎口)		虎	口
simp. #(虎口)		虎	口

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǔkǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˇ ㄎㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu² hau²
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵hu-kheu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǔkǒu [Phonetic: húkǒu]
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˇ ㄎㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǔkǒu
    • Wade–Giles: hu³-kʻou³
    • Yale: hǔ-kǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huukoou
    • Palladius: хукоу (xukou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fu² hau²
    • Yale: fú háu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu² hau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu² heo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː³⁵ hɐu̯³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 苦口 虎口

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵hu-kheu
    • MiniDict: hu^去 kheu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²hu-kheu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /hu³³ kʰɤ⁴⁴/

Noun

虎口

1. a tiger's mouth
2. the jaws of death
3. purlicue (the web between the thumb and forefinger of a hand)

Derived terms

• 探虎口
• 甘冒虎口
• 羊入虎口 (yángrùhǔkǒu)
• 羊落虎口
• 虎口拔牙
• 虎口換珍珠 / 虎口换珍珠
• 虎口逃生
• 虎口餘生 / 虎口余生 (hǔkǒuyúshēng)
• 馬路如虎口 / 马路如虎口 (mǎlù rú hǔkǒu)

Korean

Hanja in this term
虎	口

Noun

虎口 • (hogu) (hangeul 호구)

1. hanja form^? of 호구 (“jaws of death; Go position; pushover, sucker, doormat”)