虎視眈眈
See also: 虎视眈眈
Chinese
to eye covetously; to stare down | glaring; staring | ||
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trad. (虎視眈眈) | 虎視 | 眈眈 | |
simp. (虎视眈眈) | 虎视 | 眈眈 |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): fu2 si6 daam1 daam1
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hó͘-sī-tam-tam
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- 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/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- 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/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- 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/
- (Hokkien)
Idiom
(deprecated template usage) 虎視眈眈
- 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 (koshitantan)
- → Korean: 호시탐탐(虎視眈眈) (hositamtam)
- → Vietnamese: hổ thị đam đam (虎視眈眈)
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