虎 (fu2) — brave; fierce; savage; vigorous in Cantonese
fuˊ²虎
Mandarin Pinyin: hu3
Meaning of 虎
nounbrave; fierce; savage; vigorous
nountiger
noun(slang) wife (who is savage and mean usually)
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Example Sentences with 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ciˏ₅似zek˗₃隻fuˊ²虎long4.狼。
He's like a fierce wolf.
niˉ¹呢douˍ₆度diˉ¹啲janˎ₄人houˊ²好fuˊ²虎long4.狼。
The people here are very aggressive.
keoiˏ₅佢go˗₃個joengˍ₆樣houˊ²好ok3,惡，ciˏ₅似fuˊ²虎long4.狼。
His expression is fierce, like a tiger or wolf.
Words Containing 虎
為虎作倀wai6 fu2 zok3 coeng1
act as an evil spirit to a tiger
九牛二虎之力gau2 ngau4 ji6 fu2 zi1 lik6
tremendous effort
解放虎gaai2 fong3 fu2
The Liberation Tigers (of Tamil Eelam)
燕頷虎鬚jin3 ham4 fu2 sou1
have the look of someone rich and important
為虎傅翼wai6 fu2 fu6 jik6
assist an evildoer; support a villain in his evil doings
天然白虎湯tin1jin4 baak6 fu2 tong1
watermelon
餵老虎機wai3 lou5 fu2 gei1
to insert coins into a parking meter
龍虎門lung4 fu2 mun4
Dragon Tiger Gate, an original Hong Kong comic started in the 70's
虎頭蛇尾fu2 tau4 se4 mei5
a tiger's head but a snake's tail (anticlimax; cop out)
馬虎maa1 fu1
careless; slack; (things are) so-so
龍虎榜lung4 fu2 bong2
top ten chart stand (e.g. for hit song) [Syn.] 排行榜
虎牙fu2 ngaa4
canine teeth (in humans), cuspids | also seen as 老虎牙 | [普]: 犬齒
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