虎爺

Chinese

		tiger	grandpa; etc.; old gentleman
trad. (虎爺)		虎	爺
simp. (虎爷)		虎	爷

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Hǔyé

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˇ ㄧㄝˊ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hó͘-iâ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Hǔyé
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˇ ㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Hǔyé
    • Wade–Giles: Hu³-yeh²
    • Yale: Hǔ-yé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Huuye
    • Palladius: Хуе (Xuje)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛ³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó͘-iâ
    • Tâi-lô: hóo-iâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hofiaa
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ia²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ia²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ia¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ia²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ia²³/

Proper noun

虎爺

1. tiger god (a traditional Chinese deity)