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): jî-hó͘-thiam-e̍k / jû-hó͘-thiam-e̍k

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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)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jî-hó͘-thiam-e̍k / jû-hó͘-thiam-e̍k
    • Tâi-lô: jî-hóo-thiam-i̍k / jû-hóo-thiam-i̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ji'hoftiam'ek, ju'hoftiam'ek
    • IPA (Xiamen): /d͡zi²⁴⁻²² hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiam⁴⁴⁻²² iɪk̚⁴/, /d͡zu²⁴⁻²² hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiam⁴⁴⁻²² iɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /d͡zi²⁴⁻²² hɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰiam³³ iɪk̚²⁴/, /d͡zu²⁴⁻²² hɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰiam³³ iɪk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zi¹³⁻²² hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiam⁴⁴⁻²² iɪk̚¹²¹/, /d͡zu¹³⁻²² hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiam⁴⁴⁻²² iɪk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /d͡zi²⁴⁻¹¹ hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiam⁴⁴⁻³³ iɪk̚⁴/, /d͡zu²⁴⁻¹¹ hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiam⁴⁴⁻³³ iɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zi²³⁻³³ hɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰiam⁴⁴⁻³³ iɪk̚⁴/, /zu²³⁻³³ hɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰiam⁴⁴⁻³³ iɪk̚⁴/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 如虎添翼

1. making someone even stronger