如虎添翼
Chinese
| as (if); such as | tiger | to add; to increase; to replenish | wing | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (如虎添翼) | 如 | 虎 | 添 | 翼 | |
| simp. #(如虎添翼) | 如 | 虎 | 添 | 翼 | |
| Literally: “like a tiger that has grown wings”. | |||||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu4 fu2 tim1 jik6
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lû-hó͘-thiam-e̍k / jû-hó͘-thiam-e̍k / jî-hó͘-thiam-e̍k / lû-hó͘-thiam-si̍t
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: rúhǔtiānyì
- Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˊ ㄏㄨˇ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄧˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: rúhǔtianyì
- Wade–Giles: ju2-hu3-tʻien1-i4
- Yale: rú-hǔ-tyān-yì
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruhuutianyih
- Palladius: жухутяньи (žuxutjanʹi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʐu³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ i⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: jyu4 fu2 tim1 jik6
- Yale: yùh fú tīm yihk
- Cantonese Pinyin: jy4 fu2 tim1 jik9
- Guangdong Romanization: yu4 fu2 tim1 yig6
- Sinological IPA (key): /jyː²¹ fuː³⁵ tʰiːm⁵⁵ jɪk̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lû-hó͘-thiam-e̍k
- Tâi-lô: lû-hóo-thiam-i̍k
- Phofsit Daibuun: lu'hoftiam'ek
- IPA (Xiamen): /lu²⁴⁻²² hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiam⁴⁴⁻²² iɪk̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jû-hó͘-thiam-e̍k
- Tâi-lô: jû-hóo-thiam-i̍k
- Phofsit Daibuun: ju'hoftiam'ek
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /zu²³⁻³³ hɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰiam⁴⁴⁻³³ iɪk̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jî-hó͘-thiam-e̍k
- Tâi-lô: jî-hóo-thiam-i̍k
- Phofsit Daibuun: ji'hoftiam'ek
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /zi²³⁻³³ hɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰiam⁴⁴⁻³³ iɪk̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lû-hó͘-thiam-si̍t
- Tâi-lô: lû-hóo-thiam-si̍t
- Phofsit Daibuun: lu'hoftiamsit
- IPA (Xiamen): /lu²⁴⁻²² hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiam⁴⁴⁻²² sit̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
Idiom
如虎添翼
- making someone even stronger