虎視眈眈

See also: 虎视眈眈

Chinese

		to eye covetously; to stare down	glaring; staring
trad. (虎視眈眈)		虎視	眈眈
simp. (虎视眈眈)		虎视	眈眈

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǔshìdāndān

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˇ ㄕˋ ㄉㄢ ㄉㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu² si⁶ daam¹ daam¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hó͘-sī-tam-tam

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǔshìdāndān
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˇ ㄕˋ ㄉㄢ ㄉㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǔshìhdandan
    • Wade–Giles: hu³-shih⁴-tan¹-tan¹
    • Yale: hǔ-shr̀-dān-dān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huushyhdandan
    • Palladius: хушиданьдань (xušidanʹdanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ tän⁵⁵ tän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu² si⁶ daam¹ daam¹
    • Yale: fú sih dāam dāam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu² si⁶ daam¹ daam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu² xi⁶ dam¹ dam¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː³⁵ siː²² taːm⁵⁵ taːm⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó͘-sī-tam-tam
    • Tâi-lô: hóo-sī-tam-tam
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hofsixdamdafm
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si²²⁻²¹ tam⁴⁴⁻²² tam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ si⁴¹⁻²² tam³³ tam³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si²²⁻²¹ tam⁴⁴⁻²² tam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si³³⁻¹¹ tam⁴⁴⁻³³ tam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ si³³⁻²¹ tam⁴⁴⁻³³ tam⁴⁴/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 虎視眈眈

1. to glare like a tiger watching its prey; to glare at with fierceness; to keep a vigilant eye on; to eye covetously

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (虎視眈眈):

• → Japanese: 虎視眈眈(こしたんたん) (koshitantan)
• → Korean: 호시탐탐(虎視眈眈) (hositamtam)
• → Vietnamese: hổ thị đam đam (虎視眈眈)