虎頭蜂

Chinese

		tiger	head; (noun suffix)	bee; wasp
trad. (虎頭蜂)		虎	頭	蜂
simp. (虎头蜂)		虎	头	蜂

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “originally Min Nan?”)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hǔtóufēng

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄈㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fu² tau⁴ fung¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fú-thèu-fûng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hó͘-thâu-phang

(Teochew, Peng'im): houn² tao⁵ pang¹

(Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): heu² tao⁵ pang¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hǔtóufēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄈㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hǔtóufong
  - Wade–Giles: hu³-tʻou²-fêng¹
  - Yale: hǔ-tóu-fēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huutourfeng
  - Palladius: хутоуфэн (xutoufɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fu² tau⁴ fung¹
  - Yale: fú tàuh fūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fu² tau⁴ fung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: fu² teo⁴ fung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː³⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ fʊŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fú-thèu-fûng
  - Hakka Romanization System: fu^ˋ teu^ˇ fung^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fu³ teu² fung¹
  - Sinological IPA: /fu³¹ tʰeu̯¹¹ fuŋ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó͘-thâu-phang
  - Tâi-lô: hóo-thâu-phang
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoftauphafng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²⁴⁻²² pʰaŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰau²⁴⁻²² pʰaŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau¹³⁻²² pʰaŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ pʰaŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²³⁻³³ pʰaŋ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: houn² tao⁵ pang¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hóuⁿ thâu phang
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hõũ⁵²⁻³⁵ tʰau⁵⁵⁻¹¹ pʰaŋ³³/
- (Leizhou)
  - Leizhou Pinyin: heu² tao⁵ pang¹
  - Sinological IPA: /hɛu³¹⁻⁵⁵ tʰau²² pʰaŋ³⁵/

Noun

虎頭蜂

wasp

Synonyms

胡蜂 (húfēng)
馬蜂／马蜂 (mǎfēng)
黃蜂／黄蜂 (huángfēng)
(Hokkien) 虎螻蜂／虎蝼蜂, 烏角蜂／乌角蜂

Compounds

雙色虎頭蜂／双色虎头蜂 (shuāngsè hǔtóufēng)