虎穴

Chinese

		tiger	hole; cave
trad. (虎穴)		虎	穴
simp. #(虎穴)		虎	穴

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǔxué, hǔxuè

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˇ ㄒㄩㄝˊ, ㄏㄨˇ ㄒㄩㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu² jyut⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hó͘-hia̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǔxué
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˇ ㄒㄩㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǔsyué
    • Wade–Giles: hu³-hsüeh²
    • Yale: hǔ-sywé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huushyue
    • Palladius: хусюэ (xusjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǔxuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˇ ㄒㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǔsyuè
    • Wade–Giles: hu³-hsüeh⁴
    • Yale: hǔ-sywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huushiueh
    • Palladius: хусюэ (xusjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu² jyut⁶
    • Yale: fú yuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu² jyt⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu² yud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː³⁵ jyːt̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó͘-hia̍t
    • Tâi-lô: hóo-hia̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hofhiat
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiɛt̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hiɛt̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiɛt̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiɛt̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hiɛt̚⁴/

Noun

虎穴

1. tiger's den
2. (figurative) danger spot; dangerous place

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 虎空, 虎岫

Derived terms

• 不入虎穴，不得虎子
• 不入虎穴，焉得虎子 (bù rù hǔxué, yān dé hǔzǐ)
• 不探虎穴，安得虎子
• 虎穴龍潭／虎穴龙潭
• 龍潭虎穴／龙潭虎穴

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
虎	穴
こ Grade: S	けつ Grade: 6
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ko̞ke̞t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

虎(こ)穴(けつ) • (koketsu) 

1. tiger's den
2. (figurative) danger spot; dangerous place

Derived terms

• 虎穴(こけつ)に入(い)らずんば虎子(こじ)を得(え)ず (koketsu ni irazunba koji o ezu)