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虎口
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Chinese
1.1
Pronunciation
1.2
Noun
1.2.1
Derived terms
2
Korean
2.1
Noun
Chinese
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tiger
mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
trad.
(
虎口
)
虎
口
simp.
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(
虎口
)
虎
口
Pronunciation
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Mandarin
(
Pinyin
)
:
hǔkǒu
(
Zhuyin
)
:
ㄏㄨˇ ㄎㄡˇ
Cantonese
(
Jyutping
)
:
fu
2
hau
2
Wu
(
Wugniu
)
(
Northern
)
:
5
hu-kheu
Mandarin
(
Standard Chinese
)
+
Hanyu Pinyin
:
hǔkǒu
[Phonetic:
hú
kǒu]
Zhuyin
:
ㄏㄨˇ ㄎㄡˇ
Tongyong Pinyin
:
hǔkǒu
Wade–Giles
:
hu
3
-kʻou
3
Yale
:
hǔ-kǒu
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
:
huukoou
Palladius
:
хукоу
(xukou)
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/xu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
(
Standard Cantonese
,
Guangzhou
–
Hong Kong
)
Jyutping
:
fu
2
hau
2
Yale
:
fú háu
Cantonese Pinyin
:
fu
2
hau
2
Guangdong Romanization
:
fu
2
heo
2
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/fuː³⁵ hɐu̯³⁵/
Homophones
:
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苦口
虎口
Wu
(
Shanghai
)
:
Wugniu
:
5
hu-kheu
MiniDict
:
hu
去
kheu
Wiktionary Romanisation
(Shanghai)
:
2
hu-kheu
Sinological
IPA
(
Shanghai
)
:
/hu³³ kʰɤ⁴⁴/
Noun
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虎口
a
tiger
's
mouth
the
jaws
of
death
purlicue
(
the web between the thumb and forefinger of a hand
)
Derived terms
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探虎口
甘冒虎口
羊入虎口
(
yángrùhǔkǒu
)
羊落虎口
虎口拔牙
虎口換珍珠
/
虎口换珍珠
虎口逃生
虎口餘生
/
虎口余生
(
hǔkǒuyúshēng
)
馬路如虎口
/
马路如虎口
(
mǎlù rú hǔkǒu
)
Korean
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Hanja
in this term
虎
口
Noun
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虎口
•
(
hogu
) (
hangeul
호구
)
Hanja
form
?
of
호구
(
“
jaws
of
death
;
Go
position
;
pushover
,
sucker
,
doormat
”
)
.