老虎機

See also: 老虎机

Chinese

		tiger; tractor	machine; opportunity; secret
trad. (老虎機)		老虎	機
simp. (老虎机)		老虎	机

Etymology

So called as both resemble a tiger's mouth - money goes in and never returns.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎohǔjī

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄏㄨˇ ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ fu² gei¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎohǔjī [Phonetic: láohǔjī]
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄏㄨˇ ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎohǔji
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-hu³-chi¹
    • Yale: lǎu-hǔ-jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laohuuji
    • Palladius: лаохуцзи (laoxuczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ fu² gei¹
    • Yale: lóuh fú gēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ fu² gei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ fu² géi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ fuː³⁵ kei̯⁵⁵/

Noun

老虎機

1. poker machine; slot machine; one-armed bandit (Classifier: 臺／台 m)
2. (Hong Kong Cantonese, dated) parking meter