虎口

Chinese

		tiger	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
simp. and trad. (虎口)		虎	口

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hǔkǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˇ ㄎㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fu² hau²
Min Nan (POJ): hó͘-kháu / hó͘-khió

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: hǔkǒu [Phonetic: húkǒu]
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˇ ㄎㄡˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huukoou
  - IPA ^(key): /xu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
  - Jyutping: fu² hau²
  - Yale: fú háu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fu² hau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: fu² heo²
  - IPA ^(key): /fuː³⁵ hɐu̯³⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
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    苦口
    虎口
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó͘-kháu
  - Tâi-lô: hóo-kháu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hofqao
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰaʊ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰaʊ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰaʊ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó͘-khió
  - Tâi-lô: hóo-khió
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hofqioir
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰio⁵⁵⁴/

Noun

虎口

a tiger's mouth
the jaws of death
the web between the thumb and forefinger of a hand

Derived terms

探虎口
甘冒虎口
羊入虎口
羊落虎口

虎口拔牙
虎口換珍珠／虎口换珍珠
虎口逃生
虎口餘生／虎口余生

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