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  fu2   jyutping
  hu3   pinyin
[1] [n] tiger [2] brave; fierce; savage; vigorous

Stroke count: 8
Level: 2
Radical: (#141)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
虎 / 虎

This word has been viewed 14406 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 13th Jul 2009 08:38

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detail  lou5 fu2  lao3 hu3 = tiger; [粵]: a powerful person in the criminal underworld
detail  zi2 lou5 fu2  zhi3 lao3 hu3 = a paper tiger
detail  bik1 fu2  bi4 hu3 = gekko; lizard
detail  gau2 ngau4 ji6 fu2 zi1 lik6   = tremendous effort
detail  gaai2 fong3 fu2   = The Liberation Tigers (of Tamil Eelam)
detail  cau1 lou5 fu2   = hot weather after the start of Autumn; the after summer; "Indian Summer"
detail  lung4 zing1 fu2 maang5  long2 jing1 hu2 meng3 = fit as a fiddle
detail  hek3 gok3 zi2 lou5 fu2 gei1   = fruit machine, slot machine
detail  siu3 min6*2 fu2   = a wicked person with a hypocritical smile (lit., "tiger with smiling face")
detail  fu2 tau4 se4 mei5   = a tiger's head but a snake's tail (anticlimax; cop out)
See all 74 compounds (CantoDict reports 75 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 2 examples containing 虎
detail 老虎身上很多棕色條紋
A tiger has many black-brown stripes on its body.
detail 老虎竟然識食紅蘿蔔真係咄咄怪事
Tigers that eat carrots? How strange is that?!

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