老虎 (lou5 fu2) — tiger; [粵]: a powerful person in the criminal underworld in Cantonese
louˏ₅老fuˊ²虎
Mandarin Pinyin: lao3 hu3
Meaning of 老虎
nountiger; [粵]: a powerful person in the criminal underworld
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Example Sentences with 老虎
老虎竟然識食紅蘿蔔，真係咄咄怪事！
Tigers that eat carrots? How strange is that?!
louˏ₅老fuˊ²虎dikˉ¹的sanˉ¹身soengˍ₆上jauˏ₅有hanˊ²很doˉ¹多haakˉ¹黑zungˉ¹棕sikˉ¹色dikˉ¹的tiuˎ₄條manˎ₄紋
A tiger has many black-brown stripes on its body.
keoiˏ₅佢houˊ²好zungˉ¹鍾ji˗₃意waanˊ²玩louˏ₅老fuˊ²虎gei1.機。
He really likes playing slot machines.
camˎ₄尋maanˏ₅晚jingˎ₄贏zoˊ²咗houˊ²好doˉ¹多louˏ₅老fuˊ²虎gei1.機。
Last night, I won a lot on the slot machines.
niˉ¹呢douˍ₆度jauˏ₅有louˏ₅老fuˊ²虎geiˉ¹機waan2.玩。
There are slot machines to play here.
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Words Containing 老虎
餵老虎機wai3 lou5 fu2 gei1
to insert coins into a parking meter
老虎蟹lou5 fu2 haai5
no matter what (lit., "tiger crab")
秋老虎cau1 lou5 fu2
hot weather after the start of Autumn; the after summer; "Indian Summer"
扮豬吃老虎baan6 zyu1 hek3 lou5 fu2
pretending to be the fool; feigning ignorance (Lit. play the pig to eat the tiger) [粵]: 扮豬食老虎
吃角子老虎機hek3 gok3 zi2 lou5 fu2 gei1
fruit machine, slot machine
冇牙老虎mou5 ngaa4 lou5 fu2
toothless tiger, something/ someone that seems to be powerful and scary yet cannot bite/ strike, the government practicing a law/ policy without enough/ effective enforcement
餵老虎（機）wai3 lou5 fu2（ gei1）
to insert coins into a parking meter [written and colloquial]
扮豬食老虎baan6 zyu1 sik6 lou5 fu2
pretending to be the fool; feigning ignorance (Lit. play the pig to eat the tiger) [華]: 扮豬吃老虎
老虎蝦lou5 fu2 haa1
tiger prawn [粵]: 鬼蝦
老虎斑lou5 fu2 baan1
brown marbled grouper
紙老虎zi2 lou5 fu2
a paper tiger, something which seems as threatening as a tiger, but is harmless
老虎牙lou5 fu2 ngaa4
canine teeth (in humans), cuspids | also seen as 虎牙 | [普]: 犬齒
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