馬路如虎口

Chinese

		wide road used for horses and horse-drawn carriages	as (if); such as	a tiger's mouth; the jaws of death
trad. (馬路如虎口)		馬路	如	虎口
simp. (马路如虎口)		马路	如	虎口
Literally: “Roads are like a tiger's mouth”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǎlù rú hǔkǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˇ ㄌㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄏㄨˇ ㄎㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maa⁵ lou⁶ jyu⁴ fu² hau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǎlù rú hǔkǒu [Phonetic: mǎlùrúhúkǒu]
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄌㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄏㄨˇ ㄎㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǎlù rú hǔkǒu
    • Wade–Giles: ma³-lu⁴ ju² hu³-kʻou³
    • Yale: mǎ-lù rú hǔ-kǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maaluh ru huukoou
    • Palladius: малу жу хукоу (malu žu xukou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ lu⁵¹ ʐu³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maa⁵ lou⁶ jyu⁴ fu² hau²
    • Yale: máh louh yùh fú háu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maa⁵ lou⁶ jy⁴ fu² hau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ma⁵ lou⁶ yu⁴ fu² heo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maː¹³ lou̯²² jyː²¹ fuː³⁵ hɐu̯³⁵/

Proverb

馬路如虎口

1. Roads are as dangerous as a tiger's mouth; Follow traffic rules and cross the road safely