虎符

Chinese

		tiger	mark; sign; talisman mark; sign; talisman; to seal; to correspond (to); tally; symbol; written charm; to coincide
trad. (虎符)		虎	符
simp. #(虎符)		虎	符

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǔfú

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˇ ㄈㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu² fu⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hó͘-hû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǔfú
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˇ ㄈㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǔfú
    • Wade–Giles: hu³-fu²
    • Yale: hǔ-fú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huufwu
    • Palladius: хуфу (xufu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu² fu⁴
    • Yale: fú fùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu² fu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu² fu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː³⁵ fuː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó͘-hû
    • Tâi-lô: hóo-hû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hofhuu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hu²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hu²³/

Noun

虎符

1. tiger tally (a two-piece tiger-shaped tally issued to generals as imperial authorization for troop movement in ancient China, with one issued to a military officer which would be matched with the other half)