龍虎

Chinese

		dragon; imperial; surname	tiger
trad. (龍虎)		龍	虎
simp. (龙虎)		龙	虎

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lónghǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄏㄨˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lónghǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄏㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lónghǔ
    • Wade–Giles: lung²-hu³
    • Yale: lúng-hǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: longhuu
    • Palladius: лунху (lunxu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

龍虎

1. (literally) Chinese dragon and tiger
2. (figurative) hero
3. (figurative) man of outstanding ability
4. (figurative) manner of an emperor
5. (Taoism) water and fire

Synonyms

• (hero):

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• 俊傑 / 俊杰 (jùnjié)
• 好漢 / 好汉 (hǎohàn)
• 英豪 (yīngháo)
• 英雄 (yīngxióng)

 

• (man of outstanding ability):

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• 大器 (dàqì) (figurative)
• 大材 (dàcái) (literary)
• 絕才 / 绝才 (juécái) (literary)
• 茂士 (màoshì) (literary)
• 英才 (yīngcái)
• 豪傑 / 豪杰 (háojié) (literary)
• 賢材 / 贤材 (xiáncái) (literary)
• 高能 (gāonéng) (literary)
• 鸞鳳 / 鸾凤 (luánfèng) (archaic)
• 麒麟 (qílín) (literary)

 

Derived terms

• 人中龍虎 / 人中龙虎
• 龍虎並伏 / 龙虎并伏
• 龍虎山 / 龙虎山 (Lónghǔ Shān)
• 龍虎日子 / 龙虎日子
• 龍虎榜 / 龙虎榜 (lónghǔbǎng)
• 龍虎豹 / 龙虎豹
• 龍虎鬥 / 龙虎斗 (lónghǔdòu)
• 龍虎鳳 / 龙虎凤 (lónghǔfèng)