호가호위

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 狐假虎威 (“the fox borrows the tiger's might”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɸʷo̞ɡa̠βo̞ɥi] ~ [ɸʷo̞ɡa̠βo̞y]
• Phonetic hangul: [호가호위]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	hogahowi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	hogahowi
McCune–Reischauer?	hogahowi
Yale Romanization?	hokahowi

Noun

호가호위 • (hogahowi) (hanja 狐假虎威)

1. (four-character idiom from Classical Chinese) using powerful connections to intimidate people