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虎

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虎

  • hǔ (hu³) Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
  • ㄏㄨˇ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
  • fu³ Mandarin, Chengdu, Sichuanese
  • hu³ Mandarin, Chengdu, Sichuanese
  • хў (hw, II) Mandarin, Dongan, Cyrillic
  • fu² Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong Kong
  • fu² Cantonese, Taishanese, Wiktionary specific
  • fu³ Gan, Wiktionary specific
  • fú Hakka, Sixian, Phak fa su
  • fu³ Hakka, 梅縣, 客家話拼音
  • hu² Jin, Wiktionary specific
  • kǔ Min Bei, 建寧羅馬字
  • hū Min Dong, Foochow Romanized
  • hó͘ Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • houn² Min Nan, Teochew, Peng'im
  • heu² Min Nan, 雷州話, 雷州話拼音
  • ⁵hu Wu, Shanghai, Wugniu
  • fu³ Xiang, Changsha, Wiktionary specific
  • hǔ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
  • hǔ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Tongyong Pinyin
  • hu³ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Wade–Giles
  • hǔ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Yale
  • huu Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Gwoyeu Romatsyh
  • ху Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Cyrillic
  • /xu²¹⁴/ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological IPA
  • fu Mandarin, Chengdu, Latinxua Sin Wenz
  • xu Mandarin, Chengdu, Latinxua Sin Wenz

Where it comes from

來自原始漢藏語* k-la（“虎”），來自原始孟高棉語*klaʔ（“虎”）。比较高棉语的同源词 ខ្លា（“虎”）。

釋義

  1. 哺乳動物名。毛黃褐色，有黑色斑紋。通稱老虎。
  2. 喻威武勇猛。例：虎將。
  3. 喻殘暴。
  4. 喻迅猛。
  5. 威嚇。通“唬”。
  6. dialectal 指面露凶相。例：虎起臉。
  7. 姓。
  8. dialectal （虎不拉） 伯勞。

In English

  • tiger The mammal Panthera tigris

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"虎." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/zh/%E8%99%8E. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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虎. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E8%99%8E

Chicago

"虎." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E8%99%8E.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {虎},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E8%99%8E},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}