母老虎

母老虎

Chinese

		female; mother	tiger; energy-consuming unit or machine
trad. (母老虎)		母	老虎
simp. #(母老虎)		母	老虎

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǔlǎohǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˇ ㄌㄠˇ ㄏㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁵ lou⁵ fu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: mǔlǎohǔ [Phonetic: múláohǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˇ ㄌㄠˇ ㄏㄨˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muulaohuu
    • IPA ^(key): /mu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁵ lou⁵ fu²
    • Yale: móuh lóuh fú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁵ lou⁵ fu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁵ lou⁵ fu²
    • IPA ^(key): /mou̯¹³ lou̯¹³ fuː³⁵/

Noun

母老虎

1. tigress
2. shrewish woman; vixen; termagant

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 老虎乸
• (Min Nan) 虎母
• (shrewish woman): (Min Nan) 虎伯母