虎威

Chinese

		tiger	power; might; prestige
trad. (虎威)		虎	威
simp. ^#(虎威)		虎	威
Literally: “tiger's might”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hǔwēi

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˇ ㄨㄟ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fu² wai¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hó͘-ui

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hǔwēi
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˇ ㄨㄟ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hǔwei
  - Wade–Giles: hu³-wei¹
  - Yale: hǔ-wēi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huuuei
  - Palladius: хувэй (xuvɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fu² wai¹
  - Yale: fú wāi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fu² wai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: fu² wei¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː³⁵ wɐi̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó͘-ui
  - Tâi-lô: hóo-ui
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hofuy
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ui³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ui⁴⁴/

Noun

虎威

(literary, figurative) prowess (of a general); valiance

Derived terms

狐假虎威 (hújiǎhǔwēi)
狗傍虎威
狐藉虎威 / 狐借虎威 (hújièhǔwēi)
虎威狐假