老虎窗
Chinese edit
tiger; tractor | shutter; window | ||
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trad. (老虎窗) | 老虎 | 窗 | |
simp. #(老虎窗) | 老虎 | 窗 |
Etymology edit
Originally Shanghainese; 老虎 (“tiger”) is a phono-semantic matching of English roof, via Shanghainese.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
老虎窗
- (originally Shanghainese) dormer-window