胡蠅虎

Chinese

		fly	tiger
trad. (胡蠅虎)		胡蠅	虎
simp. (胡蝇虎)		胡蝇	虎

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hô͘-sîn-hó͘

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô͘-sîn-hó͘
    • Tâi-lô: hôo-sîn-hóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hosinhor
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ sin²⁴⁻¹¹ hɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ²³⁻³³ sin²³⁻³³ hɔ⁴¹/

Noun

胡蠅虎

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) jumping spider

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蠅虎 (“jumping spider”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蠅虎
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	蠅虎
Hakka	Meixian	豹虎哥
	Xingning	豹虎哥
Southern Min	Tainan	胡蠅虎