虎父無犬子

See also: 虎父无犬子

Chinese

		tiger	father	not have	young dog; puppy; my son
trad. (虎父無犬子)		虎	父	無	犬子
simp. (虎父无犬子)		虎	父	无	犬子
Literally: “a father tiger does not have a puppy for a son”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǔfù wú quǎnzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˇ ㄈㄨˋ ㄨˊ ㄑㄩㄢˇ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu² fu⁶ mou⁴ hyun² zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǔfù wú quǎnzǐ [Phonetic: hǔfùwúquánzǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˇ ㄈㄨˋ ㄨˊ ㄑㄩㄢˇ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǔfù wú cyuǎnzǐh
    • Wade–Giles: hu³-fu⁴ wu² chʻüan³-tzŭ³
    • Yale: hǔ-fù wú chywǎn-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huufuh wu cheuantzyy
    • Palladius: хуфу у цюаньцзы (xufu u cjuanʹczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu⁵¹ u³⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu² fu⁶ mou⁴ hyun² zi²
    • Yale: fú fuh mòuh hyún jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu² fu⁶ mou⁴ hyn² dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu² fu⁶ mou⁴ hün² ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː³⁵ fuː²² mou̯²¹ hyːn³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

Proverb

虎父無犬子

1. (idiomatic) like father, like son