hổ phụ sinh hổ tử

Vietnamese edit

Etymology edit

Sino-Vietnamese word from 虎父生虎子. Compare Chinese 虎父無犬子虎父无犬子 (hổ phụ vô khuyển tử).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ho˧˩ fu˧˨ʔ sïŋ˧˧ ho˧˩ tɨ˧˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [how˧˨ fʊw˨˩ʔ ʂɨn˧˧ how˧˨ tɨ˧˨] ~ [how˧˨ fʊw˨˩ʔ sɨn˧˧ how˧˨ tɨ˧˨]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [how˨˩˦ fʊw˨˩˨ ʂɨn˧˧ how˨˩˦ tɨ˨˩˦] ~ [how˨˩˦ fʊw˨˩˨ sɨn˧˧ how˨˩˦ tɨ˨˩˦]

Proverb edit

hổ phụ sinh hổ tử

  1. (literal) father tigers produce child tigers
  2. (figurative) like great father, like great son

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