虎穴

Chinese

		tiger	hole; cave
simp. and trad. (虎穴)		虎	穴

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hǔxué, hǔxuè

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˇ ㄒㄩㄝˊ, ㄏㄨˇ ㄒㄩㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fu² jyut⁶
Min Nan (POJ): hó͘-hia̍t

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: hǔxué
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˇ ㄒㄩㄝˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huushyue
  - IPA ^(key): /xu²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕɥ̯œ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: hǔxuè
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˇ ㄒㄩㄝˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huushiueh
  - IPA ^(key): /xu²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕɥ̯œ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: fu² jyut⁶
  - Yale: fú yuht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fu² jyt⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: fu² yud⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /fuː³⁵ jyːt̚²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó͘-hia̍t
  - Tâi-lô: hóo-hia̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hofhiat
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiɛt̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hiɛt̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiɛt̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiɛt̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hiɛt̚⁴/

Noun

虎穴

tiger's den
(figuratively) danger spot; dangerous place

Synonyms

(Min Nan) 虎空, 虎岫

Japanese

Kanji in this term
虎	穴
こ Grade: S	けつ Grade: 6
on’yomi

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- IPA^(key): [ko̞ke̞t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

虎穴 (hiragana こけつ, rōmaji koketsu)

tiger's den
(figuratively) danger spot; dangerous place

Derived terms

虎穴 (こけつ)に入 (い)らずんば虎 (こ)子 (じ)を得 (え)ず (koketsu ni irazunba koji o ezu)

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