虎頭蜂

Chinese

		tiger	head; (noun suffix)	bee; wasp
trad. (虎頭蜂)		虎	頭	蜂
simp. (虎头蜂)		虎	头	蜂

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “originally Min Nan?”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǔtóufēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄈㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu² tau⁴ fung¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fú-thèu-fûng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hó͘-thâu-phang

  (Teochew, Peng'im): houn² tao⁵ pang¹

  (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): heu² tao⁵ pang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǔtóufēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄈㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǔtóufong
    • Wade–Giles: hu³-tʻou²-fêng¹
    • Yale: hǔ-tóu-fēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huutourfeng
    • Palladius: хутоуфэн (xutoufɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu² tau⁴ fung¹
    • Yale: fú tàuh fūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu² tau⁴ fung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu² teo⁴ fung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː³⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ fʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fú-thèu-fûng
    • Hakka Romanization System: fu` teuˇ fung´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fu³ teu² fung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /fu³¹ tʰeu̯¹¹ fuŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó͘-thâu-phang
    • Tâi-lô: hóo-thâu-phang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoftauphafng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²⁴⁻²² pʰaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰau²⁴⁻²² pʰaŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau¹³⁻²² pʰaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ pʰaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²³⁻³³ pʰaŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: houn² tao⁵ pang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hóuⁿ thâu phang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hõũ⁵²⁻³⁵ tʰau⁵⁵⁻¹¹ pʰaŋ³³/
  • (Leizhou)
    • Leizhou Pinyin: heu² tao⁵ pang¹
    • Sinological IPA: /hɛu³¹⁻⁵⁵ tʰau²² pʰaŋ³⁵/

Noun

虎頭蜂

1. wasp

Synonyms

• 胡蜂 (húfēng)
• 馬蜂／马蜂 (mǎfēng)
• 黃蜂／黄蜂 (huángfēng)
• (Hokkien) 虎螻蜂／虎蝼蜂, 烏角蜂／乌角蜂