為虎作倀

Chinese

		because of; for; to because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become	tiger	to regard as; to take (somebody) for; to do to regard as; to take (somebody) for; to do; to make	groping; rash; reckless
trad. (為虎作倀/爲虎作倀)		為/爲	虎	作	倀
simp. (为虎作伥)		为	虎	作	伥
Literally: “to act as accomplice to the tiger”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wèihǔzuòchāng, wéihǔzuòchāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ ㄏㄨˇ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄔㄤ, ㄨㄟˊ ㄏㄨˇ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄔㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁶ fu² zok³ coeng¹, wai⁶ fu² zok³ caang⁴, wai⁴ fu² zok³ coeng¹, wai⁴ fu² zok³ caang⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ūi-hó͘-chok-thiong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wèihǔzuòchāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄏㄨˇ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄔㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wèihǔzuòchang
    • Wade–Giles: wei⁴-hu³-tso⁴-chʻang¹
    • Yale: wèi-hǔ-dzwò-chāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weyhuutzuohchang
    • Palladius: вэйхуцзочан (vɛjxuczočan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, common misreading)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wéihǔzuòchāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄏㄨˇ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄔㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wéihǔzuòchang
    • Wade–Giles: wei²-hu³-tso⁴-chʻang¹
    • Yale: wéi-hǔ-dzwò-chāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weihuutzuohchang
    • Palladius: вэйхуцзочан (vɛjxuczočan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai⁶ fu² zok³ coeng¹, wai⁶ fu² zok³ caang⁴, wai⁴ fu² zok³ coeng¹, wai⁴ fu² zok³ caang⁴
    • Yale: waih fú jok chēung, waih fú jok chàahng, wàih fú jok chēung, wàih fú jok chàahng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁶ fu² dzok⁸ tsoeng¹, wai⁶ fu² dzok⁸ tsaang⁴, wai⁴ fu² dzok⁸ tsoeng¹, wai⁴ fu² dzok⁸ tsaang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei⁶ fu² zog³ cêng¹, wei⁶ fu² zog³ cang⁴, wei⁴ fu² zog³ cêng¹, wei⁴ fu² zog³ cang⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²² fuː³⁵ t͡sɔːk̚³ t͡sʰœːŋ⁵⁵/, /wɐi̯²² fuː³⁵ t͡sɔːk̚³ t͡sʰaːŋ²¹/, /wɐi̯²¹ fuː³⁵ t͡sɔːk̚³ t͡sʰœːŋ⁵⁵/, /wɐi̯²¹ fuː³⁵ t͡sɔːk̚³ t͡sʰaːŋ²¹/

Note:

• wai4 fu2 zok3 coeng1, wai6 fu2 zok3 caang4, wai4 fu2 zok3 caang4 - common misreadings;
• caang4 may be further corrupted into 賊／贼 (caak6).

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ūi-hó͘-chok-thiong
    • Tâi-lô: uī-hóo-tsok-thiong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uixhofzoktiofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ui²²⁻²¹ hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ tʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/

Idiom

為虎作倀

1. to assist a devil; to help a villain do evil