虎母

虎母

Chinese

		tiger	female; mother
trad. (虎母)		虎	母
simp. #(虎母)		虎	母
anagram		母虎

Pronunciation

• Min Nan (POJ): hó͘-bú / hó͘-bó

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó͘-bú
    • Tâi-lô: hóo-bú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hofbuo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó͘-bó
    • Tâi-lô: hóo-bó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hofboir
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bo⁵³/

Noun

虎母

1. (Min Nan) tigress
2. (Min Nan) shrewish woman

Synonyms

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