小老虎

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	tiger; tractor
trad. (小老虎)		小	老虎
simp. ^#(小老虎)		小	老虎

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiǎolǎohǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄌㄠˇ ㄏㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² lou⁵ fu²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎolǎohǔ [Phonetic: xiáoláohǔ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄌㄠˇ ㄏㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siǎolǎohǔ
  - Wade–Giles: hsiao³-lao³-hu³
  - Yale: syǎu-lǎu-hǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaulaohuu
  - Palladius: сяолаоху (sjaolaoxu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: siu² lou⁵ fu²
  - Yale: síu lóuh fú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: siu² lou⁵ fu²
  - Guangdong Romanization: xiu² lou⁵ fu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ lou̯¹³ fuː³⁵/

Noun

小老虎

tiger's cub
(Mainland China, figurative) vigorous and energetic youth

Synonyms

(tiger's cub): (literary) 虎子 (hǔzǐ); (Hokkien) 虎仔

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