如虎添翼

Chinese

		as (if); such as	tiger	to add; to increase; to replenish	wing
trad. (如虎添翼)		如	虎	添	翼
simp. #(如虎添翼)		如	虎	添	翼
Literally: “like a tiger that has grown wings”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rúhǔtiānyì

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˊ ㄏㄨˇ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ fu² tim¹ jik⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lû-hó͘-thiam-e̍k / jû-hó͘-thiam-e̍k / jî-hó͘-thiam-e̍k / lû-hó͘-thiam-si̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rúhǔtiānyì
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˊ ㄏㄨˇ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rúhǔtianyì
    • Wade–Giles: ju²-hu³-tʻien¹-i⁴
    • Yale: rú-hǔ-tyān-yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruhuutianyih
    • Palladius: жухутяньи (žuxutjanʹi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁴ fu² tim¹ jik⁶
    • Yale: yùh fú tīm yihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ fu² tim¹ jik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ fu² tim¹ yig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ fuː³⁵ tʰiːm⁵⁵ jɪk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lû-hó͘-thiam-e̍k
    • Tâi-lô: lû-hóo-thiam-i̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lu'hoftiam'ek
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lu²⁴⁻²² hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiam⁴⁴⁻²² iɪk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jû-hó͘-thiam-e̍k
    • Tâi-lô: jû-hóo-thiam-i̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ju'hoftiam'ek
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zu²³⁻³³ hɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰiam⁴⁴⁻³³ iɪk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jî-hó͘-thiam-e̍k
    • Tâi-lô: jî-hóo-thiam-i̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ji'hoftiam'ek
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zi²³⁻³³ hɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰiam⁴⁴⁻³³ iɪk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lû-hó͘-thiam-si̍t
    • Tâi-lô: lû-hóo-thiam-si̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lu'hoftiamsit
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lu²⁴⁻²² hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiam⁴⁴⁻²² sit̚⁴/

Idiom

如虎添翼

1. making someone even stronger