老虎窗

Chinese

		tiger; tractor	shutter; window
trad. (老虎窗)		老虎	窗
simp. #(老虎窗)		老虎	窗

老虎窗

Etymology

Originally Shanghainese; 老虎 (“tiger”) is a phono-semantic matching of English roof, via Shanghainese.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎohǔchuāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄏㄨˇ ㄔㄨㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ fu² coeng¹
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶lau-hu-tshaon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎohǔchuāng [Phonetic: láohǔchuāng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄏㄨˇ ㄔㄨㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎohǔchuang
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-hu³-chʻuang¹
    • Yale: lǎu-hǔ-chwāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laohuuchuang
    • Palladius: лаохучуан (laoxučuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ fu² coeng¹
    • Yale: lóuh fú chēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ fu² tsoeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ fu² cêng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ fuː³⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶lau-hu-tshaon
    • MiniDict: lau^去 hu tshaon
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lau-hu-tshaan
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lɔ²² hu⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑ̃²¹/

Noun

老虎窗

1. (originally Shanghainese) dormer-window