虎符

Chinese

		tiger	mark; sign; talisman mark; sign; talisman; to seal; to correspond (to); tally; symbol; written charm; to coincide
trad. (虎符)		虎	符
simp. ^#(虎符)		虎	符

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hǔfú

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˇ ㄈㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fu² fu⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hó͘-hû

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hǔfú
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˇ ㄈㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hǔfú
  - Wade–Giles: hu³-fu²
  - Yale: hǔ-fú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huufwu
  - Palladius: хуфу (xufu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fu² fu⁴
  - Yale: fú fùh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fu² fu⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: fu² fu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː³⁵ fuː²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó͘-hû
  - Tâi-lô: hóo-hû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hofhuu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hu²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hu²³/

Noun

虎符

tiger tally (a two-piece tiger-shaped tally issued to generals as imperial authorization for troop movement in ancient China, with one issued to a military officer which would be matched with the other half)