笑面虎

Chinese

		smiling face	tiger
trad. (笑面虎)		笑面	虎
simp. #(笑面虎)		笑面	虎
Literally: “smiling tiger”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàomiànhǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu³ min⁶ fu²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiò-bīn-hó͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàomiànhǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàomiànhǔ
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao⁴-mien⁴-hu³
    • Yale: syàu-myàn-hǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiawmiannhuu
    • Palladius: сяомяньху (sjaomjanʹxu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ mi̯ɛn⁵¹ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu³ min⁶ fu²
    • Yale: siu mihn fú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu³ min⁶ fu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu³ min⁶ fu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³³ miːn²² fuː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiò-bīn-hó͘
    • Tâi-lô: tshiò-bīn-hóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chioirbixnhor
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰio²¹⁻⁵³ bin²²⁻²¹ hɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰio⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ bin⁴¹⁻²² hɔ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰio²¹⁻⁵³ bin²²⁻²¹ hɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰio¹¹⁻⁵³ bin³³⁻¹¹ hɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ bin³³⁻²¹ hɔ⁴¹/

Noun

笑面虎

1. (figurative) wolf in sheep's clothing; friendly-looking wicked person