龍虎鬥

Chinese

		Chinese dragon and tiger; hero	fight; contend; incite fight; contend; incite; meet; encounter
trad. (龍虎鬥)		龍虎	鬥
simp. (龙虎斗)		龙虎	斗
Literally: “dragon-tiger fight”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lónghǔdòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄏㄨˇ ㄉㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lung⁴ fu² dau³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lêng-hó͘-tò͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lónghǔdòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄏㄨˇ ㄉㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lónghǔdòu
    • Wade–Giles: lung²-hu³-tou⁴
    • Yale: lúng-hǔ-dòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: longhuudow
    • Palladius: лунхудоу (lunxudou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ toʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lung⁴ fu² dau³
    • Yale: lùhng fú dau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lung⁴ fu² dau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: lung⁴ fu² deo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ²¹ fuː³⁵ tɐu̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-hó͘-tò͘
    • Tâi-lô: lîng-hóo-tòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lenghofdox
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² hɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ¹³⁻²² hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³⁻³³ hɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tɔ²¹/

Noun

龍虎鬥

1. a fight between two powerful and evenly-matched contenders