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

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• 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

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

Synonyms

• (tiger's cub): (literary) 虎子 (hǔzǐ); (Beijing Mandarin) 虎羔子 (hǔgāozi); (Hokkien) 虎仔