虎
HSK 5freq #3310
Meanings
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- 1.tiger
- 2.CL:只[zhī]
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Wiktionary
- 1.tiger (Classifier: 隻／只 mn)
- 2.brave; fierce
- 3.to show a stern or fierce look
- 4.a surname
- 5.overbold; stupid
- 6.only used in 馬虎／马虎 (mǎhu)
- 7.only used in 虎不拉 (hùbulǎ)
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Etymology
Pictogram (象形). 虍 represents the tiger's head. The torso has disappeared and the legs and the tail have transformed into 人 in the small seal script and later 儿 in the clerical script. From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *k-la (“tiger”), from Proto-Austroasiatic *kla(ː)ʔ (“tiger”). Cognate with 菟 (OC *daː) in 於菟 (OC *qa daː, “tiger”). Compare Vietnamese khái ("tiger"). Hill (2019) compares it to Tibetan སྟག (stag, “tiger”); however, Zheng Zining deems that comparison "probably spurious".
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Stroke order
Components
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Example sentences
初生之犢不畏虎。
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
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Synonyms
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Derived terms
三人成虎人中龍虎人中龙虎以肉餧虎以肉喂虎伏虎擒龍伏虎擒龙伏虎降龍伏虎降龙倒豎虎鬚倒竖虎须兩虎共鬥两虎共斗兩虎相爭两虎相争兩虎相鬥两虎相斗劍齒虎剑齿虎勢如騎虎势如骑虎勢成騎虎势成骑虎名魁虎榜哮虎喫虎膽吃虎胆坐家虎壁虎大人虎變
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Related words
老虎 tiger马虎 careless猛虎 fierce tiger壁虎 gecko; house lizard蝇虎 jumping spider (family Salticidae)白虎 White Tiger (the seven mansions of the west sky)龙虎 outstanding people虎鲸 orca; killer whale (Orcinus orca)虎符 tiger tally (a two-piece object made in the shape of a tiger, used in ancient China as proof of authority. One half of a tally could be issued to a military officer and this would be matched with the other half when verification was required.)虎尾 Huwei town in Yunlin county 云林县[Yún lín xiàn], Taiwan罴虎 fierce animals虎将 valiant general