紙老虎

See also: 纸老虎

Chinese

		paper	tiger; tractor
trad. (紙老虎)		紙	老虎
simp. (纸老虎)		纸	老虎

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǐlǎohǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˇ ㄌㄠˇ ㄏㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² lou⁵ fu²
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): zua² lao⁶ houn²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǐlǎohǔ [Phonetic: zhǐláohǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˇ ㄌㄠˇ ㄏㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐhlǎohǔ
    • Wade–Giles: chih³-lao³-hu³
    • Yale: jř-lǎu-hǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyylaohuu
    • Palladius: чжилаоху (čžilaoxu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi² lou⁵ fu²
    • Yale: jí lóuh fú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² lou⁵ fu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji² lou⁵ fu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ lou̯¹³ fuː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zua² lao⁶ houn²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsuá lău hóuⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sua⁵²⁻³⁵ lau³⁵⁻¹¹ hõũ⁵²/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 紙老虎

1. (literal and figurative) paper tiger