老虎窗

老虎窗

Chinese

		tiger; energy-consuming unit or machine	shutter; window
trad. (老虎窗)		老虎	窗
simp. #(老虎窗)		老虎	窗

老虎窗

Etymology

Originally Shanghainese; 老虎 (“tiger”) is a phono-semantic matching of English roof.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎohǔchuāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄏㄨˇ ㄔㄨㄤ

• Wu (Wiktionary): lau hu tshaan (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: lǎohǔchuāng [Phonetic: láohǔchuāng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄏㄨˇ ㄔㄨㄤ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laohuuchuang
    • IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: lau hu tshaan (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /lɔ²² hv̩ʷ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑ̃²¹/

Noun

老虎窗

1. dormer-window