虎威

Chinese

		tiger	power; might; prestige
trad. (虎威)		虎	威
simp. #(虎威)		虎	威
Literally: “tiger's might”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǔwēi

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˇ ㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu² wai¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hó͘-ui

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǔwēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˇ ㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǔwei
    • Wade–Giles: hu³-wei¹
    • Yale: hǔ-wēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huuuei
    • Palladius: хувэй (xuvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu² wai¹
    • Yale: fú wāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu² wai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu² wei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː³⁵ wɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó͘-ui
    • Tâi-lô: hóo-ui
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hofuy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ui³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ui⁴⁴/

Noun

虎威

1. (literary, figurative) prowess (of a general); valiance

Derived terms

• 狐假虎威 (hújiǎhǔwēi)
• 狐藉虎威 / 狐借虎威 (hújièhǔwēi)
• 虎威狐假